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Why Emerson declared naturalistic photography dead

He believes that he has achieved the ultimate in naturalistic photography.

In view of the weaknesses of pictorialist creation, photographer Peter Henry Emerson published an essay entitled "Naturalistic Photography", attacking pictorialist photography as fragmented photography and advocating for photographers Go back to nature to find creative inspiration. He believes that nature is the beginning and end of art, and only art that is closest to nature and resembles nature is the highest art.