Historical Photograph Research: Emile Zola

Biography: Emile Zola was a famous French writer of the late half of the 19th century. He was born in 1840 in Paris, France. Before his career as a writer he worked as a simple clerk for a shipping company. He eventually moved up to the publisher for the department. He would later go on to write reviews for art and newspapers. On the side he would enjoy taking photographs and became a well known amateur photographer.

Significance: Zola was known for a lot more things then just simply photography. I think this is very comforting because I believe it gives an inclination that photography can be for anyone, and not just professionals in particular. He work is well-known because of the other contributions that he gave to the world.

Techniques: He used his keen sense of observations to help him in his photograph career. A lot of his photographs corresponded to the subjects that he depicted in his writings.

Motivations: Emile Zola's motivations were to find another way use his observation skills, because he was coming to an end with his literary works in his mind.