Emerson’s Evolution
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Fuldner, Carl
Date published
2017
Abstract
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, along with his later efforts to rework his ideas about naturalism and photography, were influenced by the American psychologist and philosopher William James.
Journal title
Tate Papers
Issue
27
Publisher
Tate
Place of publication
UK
ISSN
1753-9854
Rights statement
In Copyright
Collection