Cameron << KAM uhr uhn >>, Julia Margaret (1815-1879), a British photographer, pioneered in the field of artistic photography. She was especially noted for dramatic close-up portraits, but her works also include photographs that portray religious scenes or illustrate poems. She photographed many leading British figures of the 1860’s and 1870’s.
Cameron did not share the widely held belief that a photograph should be a detailed, visually precise representation of a person or scene. Instead, she tried to capture the character and spirit of her subjects. To achieve this effect, she experimented with lighting and composition. She valued expressiveness over technical quality, and so many of her photographs were blurred or out of focus. These technical flaws made her work controversial.
Cameron was born on June 11, 1815, in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. She moved to England in 1848. She died on Jan. 26, 1879.
