Julia margaret cameron

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Unravelled, vulnerable, intimate and handmade: the photographs of Julia Margaret Cameron have both inspired, and haunted, Alexander McQueen designer Sarah Burton

From her housemaid to Alfred Tennyson, the indomitable Victorian wrestled everybody into her studio, dressing them up as characters from Shakespeare and the Bible. For years, these tableaux have been out of fashion – but two new shows cast this pioneering photographer in a new light

280/365 Welcome back everyone! Today I wanted to share this great documentary on a the inspirational Annie Leibovitz. I’ve seen a couple of them, and even posted some a while back, but they always seem to disappear. Watch it while you can and enjoy! In the documentary they go into saying that her exhibition was […]

Maria Fernanda Candido on Instagram: "1867, The Gardener’s Daughter photo Julia Margaret Cameron"

Mary Pinnock - 1867 (Photograhed by Julia Margaret Cameron)

Inscription: Inscribed in black ink on mount, recto BL to BR beneath image: "From Life Registered Photograph Copy Right Julia Margaret Cameron Fresh Water Isle of Wight Sep 74", "Vivien and Merlin [below inscription]"

In 1863, at the age of forty-eight, Julia Margaret Cameron received her first camera. A mother of six children, the gift quickly spawned a hobby that

Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 'Mrs. Herbert Duckworth', carbon print, 1872