Dates | born Cuba, 1856 - 1936 |
Roles | Photographer, Author |
Nationality | British |
Born | Sagua-la-Grande, Cuba |
Died | Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Born in Cuba and raised there and in the United States before moving to England as a teenager, physician and scientist Peter Henry Emerson took up photography at age twenty-six. Often described as a difficult zealot, he vocally championed a
Emerson was a passionate lecturer and writer about photography, never mincing words and thus earning as many foes as supporters. He was an early and tireless champion of photography as a fine art, and he became the unofficial godfather of the