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Peter Henry Emerson
The River Bure at Coltishall
1885-1886
Platinum print
22 x 28,8 cm
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th - 21st Century Photography, 3 June 2015, Lot: 4042
LL/59748
Peter Henry Emerson studied medicine before he devoted himself to photography in 1882. Influenced by the French Impressionists, he propagated naturalistic and documentary photography in his writings and his images. Between 1886 and 1895 he published seven books dedicated to the landscape of East England.
Lit.: Nancy Newhall. Peter Henry Emerson. The Fight for Photography as a Fine Art. Millerton 1975.
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