Main entry:

Newhall, Nancy, author.

Title & Author:

P.H. Emerson : the fight for photography as a fine art / by Nancy Newhall.

Publication:

Millerton, New York : Aperture, Inc., [1975]
©1975

Description:

6 unnumbered pages, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm

Series:

Aperture ; v. 19, no. 3/4.

Notes:
"An Aperture monograph"
Published to accompany an exhibition of British photographers prior to 1915 to be presented by the Alfred Stieglitz Center of The Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1978.
Also published as Aperture, v. 19, no. 2-3.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-265).
Part one. P.H. Emerson : his life and the fight for photography as a fine art. The image on the ground glass ; Mr. Robinson's tea party ; Pedro Enrique ; "Emerson A.B.C.D.E.F.G." ; Rome and Reformation ; The ground glass : his country, his theme, his medium ; "Truth to nature" ; "A reformer needed" ; "Zeal and industry" ; The curious crystal ; "A bombshell dropped at a tea party" ; "Iconoclastic pen" ; "The death of naturalistic photography" ; Afterlife : 1. Acclaim ; 2. Oblivion and the strumpet -- Part two. P.H. Emerson : his photographs accompanied by excerpts from his albums and Naturalistic photography.
Also issued online.
British Library not licensed to copy 0.

Summary:

Tackling the controversial issue of photography's place in the art world, this text and Emerson's work evoke the spirit of country life on the Norfolk Broads during the 19th century. The selection from his own writings reveal his view of photography as an important artistic medium.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0912334584 (clothbound)
9780912334585 (clothbound)
0912334592 (paperbound)
9780912334592 (paperbound)
0893813834
9780893813833

Subject:

Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936.
Emerson, Peter Henry, 1856-1936.
Emerson, Peter H.
Photographers Great Britain Biography.
Photography, Artistic.
Photographie artistique.
Photographes Grande-Bretagne Biographies.
art photography.
21.42 history of photographic art.
Photographers
Fotografie
Fotografen.
Great Britain
EMERSON, PETER HENRY Fotografie Esposizioni Filadelfia 1978
FOTOGRAFI INGLESI Sec. 19. Esposizioni Filadelfia 1978
FOTOGRAFIA ARTISTICA

Form/genre:

Biography
Exhibition
exhibition catalogs.
Biographies
Exhibitions (form)
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Emerson, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1856-1936, photographer.
Alfred Stieglitz Center, host institution.
Aperture, Inc., publisher.
Aperture ; v. 19, no. 3/4.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 74510
Call No.: ID:86-B12850
Status: Available