Born in Cuba to an American father and a British mother, Peter Henry Emerson (1856 - 1936), started his career as a doctor, but once he discovered photography, he left other interests behind him and pursued photography wholeheartedly. Emerson embraced a style of photography that was very different for his time. He felt that photographs should show things as they really were and not posed or contrived. This created quite a stir in the photgraphic world.
In 1889 (1889!) Emerson published a book entitled, Naturalistic Photography for Students of Art. I am amazed at early photographers and all the work they went through to produce an image. I would love to see what they could accomplish with a digital camera!
If you would like to learn more about Peter Henry Emerson, you can read about him here
and here.
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