Emerson’s Evolution

British photographer Peter Henry Emerson’s dramatic recantation of his beliefs about photography and art forms a canonical yet perplexing episode in the modernist history of photography. This article explores Emerson’s interest in evolutionary psychology, revealing how his crisis of confidence, alon...

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Main Author: Carl Fuldner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tate 2017-05-01
Series:Tate Papers
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Online Access:http://www.tate.org.uk/research/publications/tate-papers/27/emersons-evolution

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