Émile Hamonic

Émile Eugène Louis Hamonic (1861–1943) was a French photographer and publisher, associated with the picture-postcard boom of the early 20th century.

To provide an outlet for photographers and painters like him, he founded the Éditions d'art Hamonic in Saint-Brieuc.

His company was a tremendous success, exploiting the popularity of picturesque images of Brittany for tourists, which were abundant in the summer months.

These postcards are usually signed "Hamonic", or, rarely, "E.H."[1] He is particularly associated with Théodore Botrel, often reproducing on his cards the lyrics of the popular singer-songwriter.

Several of Botrel's ballads were illustrated postcard-sequences, in which the stories told in the songs were acted out in a series of dramatic tableaux.