Haymaking in Norfolk Broads, Peter Henry Emerson (attributed to), 1885 - 1886

platinum process, h 232mm × w 287mm More details

This plate is from Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads. The photograph recalls the painting The Sand Bargeman by Jozef Israëls, also on view in this gallery. It expresses a comparable resignation to the hard manual labour of rural life. The evening light is particularly well rendered. The Pictorialists later used effects like this to elevate their photographs to the status of art.