In Focus: Julia Margaret Cameron: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum - Softcover

Cox, Julian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0892363746 ISBN 13: 9780892363742

Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1996

Synopsis

Known as the "greatest pictorialist of her day," Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) came to photography late in life, bringing years of literary and artistic experience to what was still a relatively new medium. She believed the camera was a tool of expression and revolved to reconcile traditional art content with modern forms of expression. The first volume in the In Focus series to examine the work of a nineteenth-century photographer, this beautiful volume examines Cameron's passion for the "divine art" and her "deeply seated love of the beautiful" that are clearly revealed by her compelling pictures. The J. Paul Getty Museum's collection of Cameron photographs consists of 298 prints. Approximately fifty of them are presented here. The plates are accompanied by commentaries written by Julian Cox, assistant curator of photographs. Along with Judy Dater, David Featherstone, Joanne Lukitsch, Weston Naef, Pamela Roberts, and Robert Woof, he participated in a colloquium on Cameron, an edited transcript of which is included here along with a chronology of Cameron's life.

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Review:

This latest addition to Getty's 'In Focus' series presents the photographic works of a British woman who produced works in the late 1800s. A chronological arrangement allows viewers to trace the progression of her achievements, with black and white portrait photos accompanied by a facing page of detail on both Cameron's approach and her subject's history. An excellent catalog complimenting Museum holdings. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0892363746
• ISBN 13: 9780892363742
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144