Julia Margaret Cameron 1815-1879

by Julia Margaret Cameron

A biography of the 19th-century photographer. The author's theme is the mid-Victorian consciousness expressed from a woman's point of view. He discusses the influences of Romantic poetry and art, the Oxford movement, pre-Raphaelite art, and Sacred Art.

Hardcover

Published December 31, 1984

About the author

Julia Margaret Cameron was a British photographer. She became known for her portraits of celebrities of the time, and for Arthurian and similar legendary themed pictures.

Cameron's photographic career was short, spanning the last eleven years of her life. She did not take up photography until the age of 48, when she was given a camera as a present. Her work had a huge impact on the development of modern photography, especially her closely cropped portraits which are still mimicked today. Her house, Dimbola Lodge, on the Isle of Wight can still be visited.