Peter Henry Emerson
1889, April
Review of the "Third Annual Exhibition of Photographic Work" - Mr. P.H. Emerson of Chiswick, England

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"Third Annual Exhibition of Photographic Work", American Journal of Photography, Vol.10, No,4, April 1889, p.137
 
Mr. P. H. Emerson, Chiswick, England, in his photographic paintings, gives us the cool freshness of the misty Spring morning, in which the sky, the water, the clouds, the dim horizon, all convey the same feeling, the beautiful glow of calm Summer noon, and the Autumn, big with rich increase, and that time of year
 
"When yellow leaves or none or few do hang
Upon the boughs that shake against the cold."
 
In all of Mr. Emerson's pictures there is that nice perception of the harmony from the balancing of the masses of light and shade. There is never a divorce of interest in the two parts of the picture, but a radiation, as it were, of the influence of one into another. The connecting link is often some human motive which gives the charm of life to the scene, and the artist never forgets to give us wherever he can those delightful glimpses of the far-off distance. The distribution of light and shade is masterly, and the atmospheric effect, and softness and variety of tones in the foliage, is delightful. The figures which Mr. Emerson introduces seem to have casually stepped into the scene, so full of life and truth are they. They go about their own business wholly unconscious that pleased eyes are gazing upon them.
 
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