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Subject Photography. Due to his fragile health, he did not become an engineer as he had originally planned, becoming a photographer instead. During his short life, Adamson established himself as a pioneer of early photography, best known for his collaboration with the painter David Octavius Hill. Source history,photography. Date Contributor Francesco Alessandrini Lupia.

Type Organisation. Identifier Alternative Title Robert Adamson. This town was his home and he often returned to it, though his photography career with David Octavius Hill took him all over Scotland. Contribution Robert Adamson was introduced to the calotype process, an early photographic technique, by Dr John Adamson his brother and Sir David Brewster, becoming a professional photographer soon after.

Brewster encouraged the well-known painter David Octavius Hill to collaborate with his young friend and the two formed a partnership. Adamson was responsible for the technical aspects of their photographs, while Hill focussed on the artistic expression. The technical limitations of the prevailing photographic process in the mid-nineteenth century meant Adamson often had to work outside, exploiting the sunlight by using mirrors and reflectors to sufficiently illuminate his subjects.

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Adamson and Hill created more than photographs together. Among them, the portraits of Newhaven fishermen and women stand out, as they capture the lives of ordinary, working-class people. Besides portraits, the pair also produced landscapes and cityscapes.