Julia Margaret Cameron
British Photographer, 1815-1879,English pioneer photographer, b. Calcutta (now Kolkata). Born and married into the high ranks of the British civil service, Cameron became an intimate of many of the most famous people of her day. In 1864 she became an ardent amateur photographer, demanding long, arduous sittings from her illustrious friends. She sought to illuminate the inner person of her subject, and her celebrated portraits, including those of Tennyson, Carlyle, Ellen Terry, Browning, Darwin, and Longfellow, are remarkably spontaneous. She also pioneered the use of closeups, Related Paintings of Julia Margaret Cameron :. | Harrow helion people | The Stump Lot | Portrait of the Infante Don Carlos | Mr.R.N.Blatt's 'Thorn' With Busby Up on york Bacecourse | Woman in a Purple Coat | Related Artists: Piero pollaioloItalian Early Renaissance Painter, ca.1441-1496 James Stephanoff(1789-1874). Clement Drew1806-1889
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