Julia Margaret Cameron : pioneer photographer / Joy Melville.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melville, Joy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879.

Cameron, Julia Margaret.

Women photographers--Great Britain--Biography.

Women photographers.

Photographers--Great Britain--Biography.

Photographers.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 130 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Stroud : Sutton, 2003.

Summary:

Photographic Pioneer Julia Margaret Cameron did not begin her career until, aged 48, she received the gift of a camera. Her progress was astounding; within months Cameron was a member of the Photographic Societies of England and Scotland and was outraging society with her experimental photographs. Joy Melville gives a fascinating account of an unconventional woman who challenged both the boundaries of photography and those of Victorian womanhood. Born in Calcutta to a man known as 'the biggest liar in India', Julia Margaret Cameron moved to London with her husband in 1848. There she became part of an artistic community which included Thackeray, Ellen Terry and Carlyle, many of whom became her sitters when she began her photographic career. Cameron took to photography with passion, throwing aside Victorian conventions and competing professionally with male photographers. She was a woman of exceptional verve and drive who often bullied or cajoled her sitters; once bursting in on Carlyle when he was changing his trousers in order to discuss a pose. She exhibited her work in Britain, Europe, the United States and Australia and was asked by Tennyson to illustrate his highly popular Idylls of the King. Yet, at the height of her fame, Cameron gave it all up and, at the instigation of her husband, departed with him for Ceylon. This remarkable account of an extraordinary woman who made a dramatic impact on the Victorian social and photographic scene will appeal not only to amateur and professional photographers, but to anyone interested in the role of women in Victorian times.

Contents:

1 Calcutta Days 1

2 'My Loved Charles' 9

3 The Holy Sisterhood 20

4 'Wide-beaming Benevolence' 31

5 Dimbola Lodge 44

6 Through the Looking Glass 56

7 'Julia Cameron, You are a Dreadful Woman' 73

8 'I Want a Face Well Worn with Evil Passion' 95

9 A Little Hut with Mud Walls 106.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0750932295

OCLC:

51000390