Complex sentence: In 1908 the Secession Club held a special exhibit for her photographs in New York, and in 1909 she won a gold medal in the Alaska-Yukon Exposition as well as awards in Europe.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1908 the Secession Club held a special exhibit for her photographs in New York. In 1909 she won a gold medal in the Alaska-Yukon Exposition as well as awards in Europe.