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Marshes by the North Sea
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| Artist / Maker | Peter Henry Emerson |
|---|---|
| Date | 1890-1891, printed 1893 |
| Culture / Origin | British |
| Medium | photogravure |
| Dimensions | image: 7.7 × 15.5 cm (3 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.) |
| Department | Photograph |
| Type | Photograph |
About the Artist
Peter Henry Emerson British, b. Cuba, 1856-1936 Trained as a physician, Peter Henry Emerson abandoned medicine soon after receiving his degree in order to take up photography. His thorough command of the medium and his interest in reproducing rural subjects in a simple, direct manner led to an approach that he called naturalism. Emerson argued vehemently that the inherent qualities of photography should be used to portray subjects in a manner that eschewed artifice and the unnatural intrusions of the… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: National Gallery of Art, Washington · Licence: CC0.
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