Historical Photographer

Henry Peach Robinson

• oil painting at Royal academy of art
• Worked at a studio in Leamington Spa, selling portraits. 
• Created another studio in Kent
• limitations in photography lead Robinson to combine painting and photography, which gained fame in his work
• Most famous work was "Fading Away"
• Fading away was a photo of a girl dying of tusrburculousis at age five and the families sadness, controversial to many
• 1862 Robinson was elected to serve on the Council of the Photographic Society
•  particularly known for his combination printing, he also produced a number of pictorial photographs of woodland and other scenes.