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Peter Henry Emerson — A Ruined Water-Mill
Peter Henry Emerson

A Ruined Water-Mill

1886

Industrial decay becomes poetic subject matter through naturalistic photography's ability to find beauty in England's changing rural infrastructure.

Medium
Platinum print, pl. XI from the album "Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads" (1886)

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Peter Henry Emerson, A Ruined Water-Mill, 1886

Industrial decay becomes poetic subject matter through naturalistic photography's ability to find beauty in England's changing rural infrastructure.

Medium
Platinum print, pl. XI from the album "Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads" (1886)
Year
1886
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Victorian Era, Platinum Print, Rural Landscape, Naturalistic Photography, British, Architecture, Pictorialism, Photo Album

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art