Lecture | Curator Malcolm Daniel Discusses Photographer Julia Margaret Cameron Friday, May 9, 2025 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Julia Margaret Cameron, Mrs. Cameron’s Photographs from the Life, 1864–69, assembled 1869, album of albumen silver prints from glass negatives, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase.
Julia Margaret Cameron, Mrs. Cameron’s Photographs from the Life, 1864–69, assembled 1869, album of albumen silver prints from glass negatives, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase.
May 9, 2025
British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879) is renowned as one of history’s greatest portraitists. Cameron’s unorthodox technique, spiritual sensibility, and Pre-Raphaelite-inspired aesthetic brought to life vivid images of Victorian England’s leading artists, writers, scientists, and thinkers.
Malcolm Daniel, the Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography, discusses the 19th-century photographer’s colorful life and work, often using the artist’s own words from her draft memoir. He also highlights the MFAH acquisition of an album Cameron created in 1869 as a heartfelt thank-you to her daughter and son-in-law, who gifted the photographer her first camera in 1863.
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- Included with Museum Admission.
- This lecture takes place in Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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