Peter Henry Emerson: Norwich UEA exhibition celebrates pioneering photographer

Ricking the Hay by Peter Henry EmersonImage source, Peter Henry Emerson

The work of a pioneering Victorian photographer was exhibited alongside contemporary photographs taken in the seaside town he loved.

Peter Henry Emerson has captured images across Great Yarmouth and the Norfolk Broads to showcase his naturalistic approach to the art form.

The skilled doctor, who is born in Cuba and moved to England as a teenager, was drawn to East Anglia by its traditions.

He focused on the region and its people in his work between 1885 and 1895.

A boy on Great Yarmouth seafront performing a BMX wheelieImage source, Jonathan Bundock

Peter Henry Emerson: Norwich UEA exhibition celebrates pioneering photographer
Ricking the Hay by Peter Henry EmersonImage source, Peter Henry Emerson

The work of a pioneering Victorian photographer was exhibited alongside contemporary photographs taken in the seaside town he loved.

Peter Henry Emerson has captured images across Great Yarmouth and the Norfolk Broads to showcase his naturalistic approach to the art form.

The skilled doctor, who is born in Cuba and moved to England as a teenager, was drawn to East Anglia by its traditions.

He focused on the region and its people in his work between 1885 and 1895.

A boy on Great Yarmouth seafront performing a BMX wheelieImage source, Jonathan Bundock

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