peter henry emerson

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Definition of peter henry emerson in English English dictionary

born May 13, 1856, Cuba died May 12, 1936, Falmouth, Eng. English photographer. Trained as a physician, he began using photography in an anthropological study of East Anglia; the images were published in several books. A proponent of photography as a medium of artistic expression, he published a handbook, Naturalistic Photography (1889), in which he outlined his aesthetic system ("naturalism"), emphasizing that photographs should look like photographs rather than paintings. The book was so popular that he became known as one of the world's leading photographers, and his views influenced much of 20th-century photography

Hyphenation

pe·ter Hen·ry Em·er·son

Turkish pronunciation

pitır henri emırsın

Pronunciation

/ˈpētər ˈhenrē ˈemərsən/ /ˈpiːtɜr ˈhɛnriː ˈɛmɜrsən/