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Cameron (1815-1879) came late to photography, in her 50s; Woodman took her own life aged just 22 in 1981. As such, to present their work side by side, as this exhibition does, might seem strange.
A new show at the Milwaukee Art Museum pays tribute to one of the earliest names in portrait photography. “Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron,” brings together more than ninety works ...
Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–79) was already forty-eight when she was given her first camera by her daughter and son-in-law gave in December 1863. She was intrigued by what she had heard of ...
Julia Margaret Cameron was one of the only female photographers at that time to become well-known. Photography was invented in the 1800s . Cameron used one of the early styles of camera, which was ...
Julia Margaret Cameron, “Annie” (1864). The photograph, on view at the Morgan Library & Museum, was one of the earliest Cameron made, and she said it was “my first success.” ...
London’s V&A is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of pioneering photographer Julia Margaret Cameron by hauling out more than 100 of her photographs from its collection. The V&A was the ...
According to the National Portrait Gallery, this new exhibition pairing photographers from different centuries and continents is a “risk”. Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-79) was a self-taught ...
Julia Margaret Cameron, “Teachings from the Elgin Marbles” (1867) Francesca Woodman, “Self-portrait on That Same Day” (c. 1977) Francesca Woodman, “Angels, Calendar Notebook” (c. 1977 ...
By GEORGE BRAINE Some years ago, my sister, BIL, and I drove to the Dimbula area, visiting Anglican churches and graveyards looking for evidence of our ancestors. At the quaint St. Mary’s church, ...
Cameron managed to pioneer a style that has yet to be emulated, despite having been born well before the invention of photography. “Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron” is on view at the ...
Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In at the National Portrait Gallery mixes more than 160 of their soft-focused, monochrome prints.