Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 79) was almost fifty
and practically self-taught
when she took up photography seriously, yet she produced some of the most innovative and visually striking portraits of her time. Her novel use of lighting and focus transformed portraiture and helped secure the acceptance of photography as an expressive art. An introductory monograph on one of the most important women photographers of all time, with 55 chronologically sequenced pictures.
By:
Joanne Lukitsh
Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 245mm,
Width: 210mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 660g
ISBN: 9780714846187
ISBN 10: 071484618X
Series: 55s
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 19 May 2006
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Portrait of the photographer - 4,000-word essay by subject expert - 55 photographs presented chronologically over 110 pages (1 photograph per spread, with title and 1 paragraph commentary) - Brief chronology of the photographer's life
Joanne Lukitsh is a professor of Art History at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. She has written and lectured extensively on Julia Margaret Cameron, and has also written on American photography, including work on Alfred Stieglitz's early photographs. Professor Lukitsh has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Paul Mellon Centre for the Study of British Art.
