E.O. Hoppé was a Photo-Modernist actively leading the global art scene out London from 1907 until the 1940s. He was prolific and highly influential in international art circles as an exhibiting and publishing photographer who pioneered the field alongside his peers, including Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Edward Steichen, Charles Sheeler, Ansel Adams, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Werner Mantz and August Sander.

The links above show some visual comparisons of Hoppé's work next to better-known examples by his peers. We learn from this simple comparison that Hoppé's works were sometimes earlier and sometimes arguably better than the work we presently revere as masterworks of early Photo-Modernism.