Photographer
Photographer
Like many of his other interests, George’s passion for photography began when he was a student at the University of Texas. His professor and mentor, Martin Kermacy, took pictures with an Exakta camera. George admired it so much that he bought one as soon as he could, despite the steep price tag. Although he later graduated to a Hasselblad medium format camera, the Exakta remained an important photographic tool.
George’s photographs of buildings around the world reveal an architect’s eye for historic structures.
As an exercise to improve his photography, George began taking meticulous notes about each frame in 1979. The photo records include the exposure, lens, film, subjects and location of each shot – sometimes even down to the exact GPS coordinates. George’s photo log books provide incredible detail for over half of the photographic collections.
Gallery
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![San Xavier del Bac, rear [frame 442]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00109.jpg)
![Cathedral [frame 1376]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00138.jpg)
![Cathedral spire [frame 1379]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00140.jpg)
![Arched entrance to courtyard, Generalife [frame 1404]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00137.jpg)
![Muqarnas ceiling, Hall of the Abencerrages, Alhambra [frame 1438]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00139.jpg)
![Eugene George at Windthorst [frame 6055]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00110.jpg)
![Manuel Guerra Store [frame 7807]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00111.jpg)
![Antonio Saenz House [frame 7836]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00112.jpg)
![Noah Cox House [frame 7847]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00113.jpg)
![Mission Landa de Matamoros [frame 8361a]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00118.jpg)
![Mission Landa de Matamoros [frame 8367]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00119.jpg)
![Fortress (Palacio Almudiana) [frame 10044]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00121.jpg)
![Pir mide de los Nichos [frame 10401]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00122.jpg)
![Stephansdom [frame 10444]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00123.jpg)
![Town on the Danube [frame 10458]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00124.jpg)
![At Melk, Austria [frame 10467]](http://www.lib.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/exhibits/eugene-george/aaa-eg00125.jpg)
George’s photographs have in many ways served as an aide for his other interests. In a 2010 interview he remarked that he took many of the photos and slides for teaching purposes, and he used photography of sites in the Rio Grande Valley, the Falcon Reservoir, and various archival and historical documents to aid him in his research. His photographic work has also illustrated several of his own publications, including his most recent book on the Falcon Reservoir. George’s photographs have been exhibited on several occasions, and the University of Texas at Austin sponsored field trips in 1991 to Nuevo Leon, Mexico, so that George could photograph and document buildings for educational and exhibition purposes.
George’s photographs of buildings around the world reveal an architect’s eye for historic structures and cultural monuments. Photos in this gallery include sites in Spain, Greece, Turkey, France, Mexico, Guatemala, and the United States.
