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Smelting on the River Blythe in Suffolk
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
From 1850, scenes of fishing and fishermen were a popular genre in painting, which for example explains the success of the Hague School. For photographers it was difficult with the technical means then at their disposal to successfully capture sharp contrasts, backlighting, and the glittering on the water. Emerson here managed not to reduce the fishermen to mere black silhouettes, but rather portray them in subtle shades of grey.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSmelting on the River Blythe in Suffolk. 1883 - 1888. Peter Henry Emerson. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
