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Peter Henry Emerson — During the Reed Harvest
Peter Henry Emerson

During the Reed Harvest

1886

Seasonal labor traditions are preserved with documentary objectivity, while platinum's tonal subtlety elevates the mundane to the picturesque.

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

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Peter Henry Emerson, During the Reed Harvest, 1886

Seasonal labor traditions are preserved with documentary objectivity, while platinum's tonal subtlety elevates the mundane to the picturesque.

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

Related themes

Monochrome, Serene, Photograph, Landscape, 1880s, Nature, Platinum Print, Agricultural, British, Rural

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art