Julia Margaret Cameron

A Poetry of Photography

Nichole J. Fazio

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Bodleian Library
01 November 2023

A celebration of pioneering Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, and the artistic connection between her poetry and her photography.

Renowned photographer Julia Margaret Cameron is famous for her evocative portraits of eminent Victorians, including John Herschel, Alfred Tennyson, Henry Taylor, George Frederic Watts, Ellen Terry and Julia Stephen. This study of her work reveals how deeply she was convinced of the poetic possibilities of her medium, particularly its capacity for suggestive rather than literal meaning. She did not get it right on all counts, and her practice violated the aesthetic orthodoxy of the day. But the blurring of the 'real' subject before her lens created unparalleled possibilities for a broader pursuit of the sublime and beautiful.

Drawing on over 100 items from the photographic collections at the Bodleian Library and Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford, as well as comparative works of art, this book celebrates a collection that illustrates the aesthetic development of the photographer from her earliest pictures to her most poetic photographs. It also includes her own poetry and the key images she created for her extraordinary Illustrations to Tennyson's Idylls of the King, and Other Poems, demonstrating her fascination with the artistic connection between poetry and photography.

By: Nichole J. Fazio
Imprint: Bodleian Library
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 259mm, Width: 237mm,
Weight: 1.510kg
ISBN: 9781851245840
ISBN 10: 1851245847
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1 Julia Margaret Cameron 11 2 The Life Poetic 29 3 Arresting Beauty 37 4 Picturing Poetry 45 5 A Poetry of Photography 53 6 Beautiful Shadows 63 Plates 69

Nichole J. Fazio is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Research and Scholars Programs at the University of Chicago. She is also the founding executive director of the College Center for Research and Fellowships and lecturer in the Humanities Collegiate Division.

Reviews for Julia Margaret Cameron: A Poetry of Photography

All in all, this is a book about Cameron’s art, rather than just a biography, and a look at how her work fits within the artistic and poetic framework of her time. It is a beautifully presented book, and it was a pleasure to read. -- Alex Round * Book Reviews * '...this wonderful book looks at how Cameron explores the relationship between photography and poetry in her work: both through her response to the verses of others and her creation of a visual language of her own.' -- Alex Round * Book Reviews *