Julia Margaret Cameron: 19th century photographer of genius Colin Ford, National Portrait Gallery, £25, ISBN 1855143321 Reviewed by Adam Goff
AT 48, Julia Margaret Cameron was a late starter in a new technology, photography, but her pioneering portraits still have a modern feel. Her stark and powerful portraits of contemporaries such as Alfred Tennyson, Thomas Carlyle and Ellen Terry are instantly recognisable as her work.
One of her subjects was John Herschel (above), son of astronomer William Herschel. He was a lifelong friend and supporter who shared her love for the medium – it was he who showed Fox Talbot…
