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JULIA MARGARET CAMERON. CIRCE

Circe. Artist: Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815-1879 Kalutara, Ceylon). Dimensions: 25.3 x 20.1 cm. (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.). Date: 1865.
"My aspirations are to ennoble Photography," wrote Cameron, "and to secure for it the character and uses of High Art by combining the real & Ideal...."
Rather than strive for superficial accuracy in costume and setting, Cameron sought to record through the faces of her family and friends the qualities of innocence, wisdom, piety, or passion ascribed to great biblical, historical, and legendary figures. Unconcerned with technical perfection in her prints, Cameron used a long exposure and shallow depth of field to give that slight sense of animation--of breath--that merges the young girl with her mythic character and seems to bring her into the viewer's presence.

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Author:

JULIA MARGARET CAMERON (1815-1879)

Title:

CIRCE

Caption:

Circe. Artist: Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815-1879 Kalutara, Ceylon). Dimensions: 25.3 x 20.1 cm. (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.). Date: 1865. "My aspirations are to ennoble Photography," wrote Cameron, "and to secure for it the character and uses of High Art by combining the real & Ideal...." Rather than strive for superficial accuracy in costume and setting, Cameron sought to record through the faces of her family and friends the qualities of innocence, wisdom, piety, or passion ascribed to great biblical, historical, and legendary figures. Unconcerned with technical perfection in her prints, Cameron used a long exposure and shallow depth of field to give that slight sense of animation--of breath--that merges the young girl with her mythic character and seems to bring her into the viewer's presence.

Technique/material:

Albumen silver print from glass negative

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Releases:

Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:

3138 x 4094 px | 36.8 MB

Print size:

26.6 x 34.7 cm | 10.5 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ALBUMEN SILVER PRINT FROM GLASS NEGATIVE • ALBUMEN SILVER PRINTS • EUROPE • JULIA MARGARET CAMERON • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PHOTOGRAPHS • UNITED KINGDOM