Julia Margaret Cameron was a British photographer who is considered one of the most renowned portrait photographers of the nineteenth century. She was born in June 11th, 1815 in Calcutta, India. Cameron died January 26th, 1879 in Kalutara, Ceylon now known as Sri Lanka. Julia Margaret Cameron, whose original name was Julia Margaret Pattle, was a daughter of an officer in the East India Company. She married jurist Charles Hay Cameron in 1838. The pair had six children and settled off the Isle of Wight in 1860. Julia Margaret Cameron received a camera as a present in 1863 and proceeded to convert a chicken coop into a studio and a coal bin into a dark room in which she began making her renowned portraits. Cameron’s sister owned and ran the studio …show more content…
Modern photographic establishments appreciated her emphasis on spiritual depth over technical perfection and consider her to be one of the finest portrait photographers of her medium. Similar to many popular Victorian photographers Cameron made allegorical and elaborate studio photographs. An example of this would be posing and costuming family members and servants in imitation of the popular Romantic and Pre-Raphaelite paintings of the old days. She made albumen-silver prints from wet collodion glass plate and then turned them into negatives. This was not an easy task as an error at any stage in the process could dramatically affect the final look of the photograph. She had a innovative and unconventional approach when it came to the technical applications of photography. Julia Margaret Cameron had this approach to create images that transcended a purely descriptive function of photography. The pictorial effects and the lack of focus are the most debated aspects and indicators of her photography. Her works in the early months of 1864 (when she first started working) were conducted through a process of trial and error from which she developed her unique technical and aesthetic understanding of photography as an art. Cameron also used gelatin
Catherine McAuley (29 September 1778 – 11 November 1841) was an Irish nun who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831. The Sisters of Mercy follow a tradition of educating Catholics in schools. This essay will give a brief overview of the life of Catherine McAuley, her achievements and how she responded to the needs of the faithful.
Louise Bourgeiois was born in Paris in 1911 and lived in New York until her death in 2010. Much of her artwork was inspired from her early childhood that she spent in France. The human body was Burgoeiois primary form of art, as she made multipe sculptures
Anna Julia Cooper was born August 10, 1858 in Raleigh, North Carolina. When Cooper’s mother, Hannah Haywood, gave birth to her it was
Elizabeth Catlett is widely known for her politically charged print and sculptural work during the 1960’s and 1970’s. Catlett is both a sculptor and printmaker and was born in Washington D.C in 1915. She obtained an undergraduate degree in design, printmaking, and drawing at Howard University followed by a Master’s degree in sculpture from the University of Iowa in 1940. Catlett studied sculpture and painting along with Grant Wood; upon graduating she became the first student to receive a degree in sculpture from the University of Iowa. After leaving Iowa, Catlett moved to New Orleans and became chair of the Art Department at Dillard University in 1940. Then she continues her postgraduate studies in ceramics at the University of Chicago in 1941. By 1944, she had married and relocated to Harlem where she taught dressmaking and sculpture. In 1945, Catlett applied for and received the Julius Rosenwald Foundation Grant. After her successful completion of a series of prints paintings and sculptures, she was able to renew this grant, which allowed her to continue her work in Mexico City. While in Mexico City, she continued her studies in painting, sculpture, and lithography and eventually worked with the People’s Graphic Arts Workshop; which was a group of printmakers who created art to promote social change. Eventually she settled in Mexico as a permanent resident where she taught sculpture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City until she retired in 1975.
Tolmachev, I. (2010, March 15). A history of Photography Part 1: The Beginning. Retrieved Febraury 2014, from tuts+ Photography: http://photography.tutsplus.com/articles/a-history-of-photography-part-1-the-beginning--photo-1908
was born in Vienna, Austria in 1909, where she lived with her parents until the
One of the strongest women scientist/astronomer was born in 1818 as Maria Mitchell whom led an unbelievable life and had an incredible discovery. Maria Mitchell was born when women were not given the opportunity to vote nor did women have the same equal rights as men did, but given her circumstances of her father being a principal, founding his own school and being a distant family member of Benjamin Franklin she was given the same rights as the men did. Given a few obstacles she led an extraordinary life and became the first woman in America to work as an astronomer professionally, which she than later received an award personally from King Frederick VII, for her work and discovery.
America, in the early twentieth century, was centered on the Progressive Era. This was a period of unrest and reform. Monopolies continued in spite of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. Social problems flourished in the U.S. During the 1910s labor unions continued to grow as the middle classes became more and more unhappy. Unsafe working conditions were underscored by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in which hundreds of female workers were killed. The plight of the Negro worsened, all while women finally received the right to vote through the ratification of the nineteenth amendment. Although this was a turbulent time in America, it was also a time to remember. During this time period, Emma Goldman devoted all of her attention to the cause of upholding the first amendment clause of freedom of speech. The right to free speech is one of the most fundamental American guarantees. However, defining the limits of free speech has never been an easy task.
Cameron was more interested in capturing the essence of the subject than mastering perfect camera technique. Her photographs are notable for the extreme intimacy and psychological intensity of effect achieved by the use of close up perspective, suppression of detail (sometimes accompanied by peripheral blurring) large scale, and dramatic lighting. In her photographs, Cameron tried to achieve an effect called “plasticity” which created an expression of feeling rather than fact. Julia Margaret made it her duty to show her subjects in the light of their potential immorality and it shows beautifully in her work. Julia Margaret Cameron was an English woman with a remarkable talent for photography and who created brilliant photographs that captured moments of emotional intensity.
Child’s birth name was Julia Carolyn Williams on August 15, 1912 in Pasadena, California. She was the eldest of three children; Dorothy Dean and a brother John III. She attended three boarding schools growing up. Child enjoyed playing sports including tennis, basketball, and golf. She attended Smith College and graduated in 1934 with a major in English. Julia moved to New York and had several different jobs that included her major, which included working for an advertising company and also in publications.
In writing, pure originality is impossible. The novel, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, compares writing to setting up a camp. The ground has already been camped on, yet camp is set up in that spot again. The camps in the same spot will have structural similarities, but still be different enough. The same idea applies to writing. Even writers like James Joyce, who sometimes coin their own words use the same words as everyone else, and it is only so often those words can be combined in a way that is completely unique (Foster, 195). For example, using conflict to develop theme is found in most works of literature. These works feature similar conflicts and themes allowing the same story to be told in slightly different styles. Authors often utilize the conflict or resolution of the conflict to exemplify the theme. Furthermore, the short stories, “Araby” and “The Boarding House”, by James Joyce exemplify the use of conflict to develop theme.
Imogen Cunningham was an American photographer who was from Portland, Oregon. Family and friends remember Imogen as an “independent sprit.” She photographed industrial landscapes, nudes and botany. Her earliest prints were made in the tradition of Pictorialism. Pictorialism is a style of photography that imitated academic paintings.
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Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle was born in 1623 to a wealthy family. She was a philosopher, poet, essayist, scientist, and playwright who lived during the seventieth century. During this time period, it was still rare for a woman to write and publish their own work. She never received any formal education. However, she had access to scholarly libraries and was an avid reader.
What do you consider art? Paintings, sculptures, drawings, or maybe something else. I know, when I think of art, I think of photography. Photography Is used for business, science, manufacturing, art, recreational purposes, mass communication, and more. Photography is using light to do amazing things, and some people think of photography as a story that just needs to be told. Ansel Adams probably believed this. He said, “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” Photography has a long interesting history, like the fact that the word photography is made up of two greek words, photos meaning ‘light’ and graphein which is ‘to draw’ ! Photography also has some complicated techniques to get a hang of taking good photos. Have you heard of the rule of thirds? Or do you know how a camera works? Well, that will all be explained. Maybe, by the end you will take up photography too. This essay will explore the history and types of cameras and the basic rules for taking photographs.