1. Julia Margaret Cameron
By MaryEllen Nicolay

2. Background A British Photographer Born June 11, 1815 in Calcutta
Educated in France
Parents were socialites
Often traveled back and forth from England and India
Started taking pictures when she was 48, in 1963
Apart of the London Photographic Society
Considered one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 19th century
Died in January 26, 1879

3. Style & Influence
Focused on two genre types, portrait and illustrative photography
She worked with David Wilkie Wynfield
Due to her family connections she took portraits of famous individuals, such as:
- Charles Darwin
- Ellen Terry
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Robert Browning
- William Michael Rossetti
- George Frederic Watts.
As well as, family and friends

4. Style & Influence She used unconventional techniques
Used a wooden camera
All of her photos use soft focus and long exposures
She purposefully used messy craftsmenship, to let the pictures speak for themselves
Developed photos with several chemicals and silver prints from wet glass plate negatives

5. Portraits

11. References
The MET Museum - margaret-cameron
The Museum of Modern Art -
International Center for Photography cameron?all/all/all/all/0

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