Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Great Black & White Photographers, Part 2

Julia Margaret Cameron

Born: June,11,1815 (British India)
Died:January,26,1879 (British Ceylon)

Julia Margaret became known for her portrait of celebrities of the time. Her career was short, eleven years of her life (1864-1875) .Julia was educated in France, But she returned to India and in 1838 she got married to Charles Hay Cameron. She took up photography serious at a relatively late age of 48 years old,when her daughter gave her a camera for a birthday present. Within a year Julia Margaret Cameron became a member of Photographic Societies of London and Scotland. Her Photography mainly about to capture beauty."I longed to arrest all the beauty that came before me at length go longing has been satisfied" she said. 
During her career,Julia registered each of her photographs with the copyright office to kept detail records.Her pose Photographic represented her other half of work.
In 1875 Julia Margaret Cameron moved back to Ceylon...She continued to practice photography, she complained in letters that it was to difficult of getting chemical and pure water to develop and print photographs. Also in India she did not have access to the artistic community for subjects, when she went back to live in her old town all she posted all her photographic to the indian people meaning she posed picture in the neighbor.Shed died in India  Her death was attributed by having a caught and bad chill.

No comments:

Post a Comment