Author:
Weiss, Marta Rachel, 1974- author.
Edition Statement:First edition.
Description:187 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 26 cm
Note:Accompanies the exhibition Julia Margaret Cameron, organised by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 August 2015 - 25 October 2015 and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 28 November 2015 - 21 February 2016.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographic references (pages 146-147).
Note:Photographs to electrify you with delight and startle the world: Julia Margaret Cameron in South Kensington -- Plates. From First Success to the South Kensington Museum -- Portraits -- Madonna Groups -- Fancy Subjects for Pictorial Effect -- Electrify and Startle -- Fortune as well as Fame -- Her Mistakes Were Her Successes -- Select Bibliography -- Appendix 1 : Complete list of works [by Cameron in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum] -- Appendix II: Letters from Julia Margaret Cameron to Henry Cole.
Note:"Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-79) was one of the most important and innovative photographers of the nineteenth century. Best known for her powerful portraits, she also posed her sitters - friends, family and servants - as characters from biblical, historical or allegorical stories. Her photographs were rule breaking: intentionally out-of-focus, and often included scratches, smudges and other traces of her process. In her lifetime, Cameron was criticised for her unconventional techniques, but also widely celebrated for the beauty of her comopositions and her conviction that photography was an art form. This book draws upon the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection of Cameron's photographs and correspondence to shed light on previously unacknowledged aspects of her experimental approach." Back cover
