Europe • Great Britain
| Peter Henry Emerson publishes Naturalistic Photography for students of the art. (London, Sampson Low & Co.) that proposes photography should go outside the confines of the studio to record the natural world in an artistic style. His work on the everyday life in the Norfolk Broads in eastern England clearly shows his approach. |
| Europe • Italy | First issue of the Bullettino della Società Fotografica Italiana and it continues until December 1914. (October 1889) |
North America • USA
| The Johnstown Flood kills over 2,209 people in southwestern Pennsylvania when the South Fork Dam bursts. George Barker was one of those who photographed the aftermath. (31 May 1889) |
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