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Description: | This study of a seated woman in a thin dress evokes a languorous and slightly erotic atmosphere. Robert Demachy (1859-1936) was an amateur photographer and painter who became a master of the gum bichromate process. His elegant pictures were often heavily retouched, his work closer in effect to painting than photography. Peter Henry Emerson (1856-1936), the exponent of naturalism in photography, disliked Demachy's work intensely and described him as 'the great and original gum-splodger'. He was elected to the Linked Ring on 28 May 1895 under the name 'Parisian'. After the First World War, however, Demachy became disillusioned with his work and gave up photography. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | photograph gum bichromate print | Temporal: | 1906 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Demachy, Robert (1859-1936) | Identifier: | 2003-5001/2/20072 | Go to resource |
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