Julia Margaret Cameron
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| '''Julia Margaret Cameron''' ([[June 11]] [[1815]] – [[January 26]] [[1879]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[photographer]]. She became known for her [[portrait]]s of celebrities of the time, and for [[King Arthur|Arthurian]] and similar legendary themed pictures. | '''Julia Margaret Cameron''' ([[June 11]] [[1815]] – [[January 26]] [[1879]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[photographer]]. She became known for her [[portrait]]s of celebrities of the time, and for [[King Arthur|Arthurian]] and similar legendary themed pictures. | ||
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| - | [[Image:Cameron julia jackson.jpg|thumb|Cameron portrait of Julia Prinsep Jackson, later Julia Stephen, Cameron's niece, favourite subject, and mother of the author [[Virginia Woolf]].]] | ||
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| Cameron's niece Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson; 1846–1895) wrote the biography of Cameron, which appeared in the first edition of the ''Dictionary of National Biography'', 1886. Julia Stephen was the mother of [[Virginia Woolf]], who wrote a comic portrayal of the "Freshwater circle" in her only play ''Freshwater''. Woolf edited, with [[Roger Fry]], a collection of Cameron's photographs. | Cameron's niece Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson; 1846–1895) wrote the biography of Cameron, which appeared in the first edition of the ''Dictionary of National Biography'', 1886. Julia Stephen was the mother of [[Virginia Woolf]], who wrote a comic portrayal of the "Freshwater circle" in her only play ''Freshwater''. Woolf edited, with [[Roger Fry]], a collection of Cameron's photographs. | ||
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Julia Margaret Cameron (June 11 1815 – January 26 1879) was a British photographer. She became known for her portraits of celebrities of the time, and for Arthurian and similar legendary themed pictures.
Legacy
Cameron's niece Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson; 1846–1895) wrote the biography of Cameron, which appeared in the first edition of the Dictionary of National Biography, 1886. Julia Stephen was the mother of Virginia Woolf, who wrote a comic portrayal of the "Freshwater circle" in her only play Freshwater. Woolf edited, with Roger Fry, a collection of Cameron's photographs.
However, it was not until 1948 that her photography became more widely known when Helmut Gernsheim wrote a book on her work. In 1977 Gernsheim noted that although a great photographer, Cameron had "left no mark" on the aesthetic history of Photography because her work was not appreciated by her contemporaries and thus not imitated. But this situation was evidently already changing by then thanks to his popularisation of her work, for instance in 1975 Imogen Cunningham had commented "I'd like to see portrait photography go right back to Julia Margaret Cameron. I don't think there's anyone better."
