Julia Margaret Cameron's Photographs as Paintings

Authors

Winnie WuFollow

Document Type

Research Paper

Publication Date

2018

Abstract

This paper argues that in order to better understand the photographic techniques, and compositional choices employed by Julia Margaret Cameron, one must analyze them in terms of the language of paintings. By using photography to stage painterly tableaus, Cameron blurred reality and fiction, the result of which is the equalization of all those she photographed, be they famed Victorian poets or female maids.

Keywords

photographic language; Julia Margaret Cameron; gendered practices; Victorian photography; painting

Disciplines

Art Practice | Photography | Theory and Criticism

File Format

application/pdf

File Size

731 Kb

Repository Citation

Wu, W. (2018). Julia Margaret Cameron's Photographs as Paintings.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/award/34