Cylene Wilson
Artist/Maker
Julia Margaret Cameron
(English, 1815–1879)
Dateca. 1867
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage: 13 11/16 × 10 1/2 in. (34.8 × 26.7 cm)
Mount: 14 15/16 × 11 1/8 in. (37.9 × 28.3 cm)
Mount: 14 15/16 × 11 1/8 in. (37.9 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Marilyn W. Grounds
Object number1981.42.12
Status
On viewCameron’s portraits are cornerstones in the early history of photography. After receiving her first camera at age 48, she established a private studio at her home on the Isle of Wight and mastered the collodion wet-plate process. Her works document her Victorian literary and intellectual community.
Cameron became known for her soft-focus technique, with long exposure times and unretouched scratches or spots of dirt, which give her work a painterly, handmade appearance. Cameron said she wanted to “capture the soul” of her sitters, a characteristic evident in these introspective portraits. Cameron’s photographs were rediscovered and popularized in the 20th century by Alfred Stieglitz.
Exhibition History
Cameron became known for her soft-focus technique, with long exposure times and unretouched scratches or spots of dirt, which give her work a painterly, handmade appearance. Cameron said she wanted to “capture the soul” of her sitters, a characteristic evident in these introspective portraits. Cameron’s photographs were rediscovered and popularized in the 20th century by Alfred Stieglitz.
Exhibition for Education Department, Lorain County Gifted and Talented Program: Photography
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 16, 1993 - July 20, 1993 )
Exhibition for Lorain County Gifted and Talented and the Oberlin Interagency Youth Council Camps
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 15, 1994 - July 28, 1994 )
Facing the Camera: Selected Portrait Photographs from the Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 21, 1995 - March 9, 1995 )
Exhibition for Lorain County Gifted and Talented Program
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 7, 1995 - July 13, 1995 )
What Are You Lookin' At? Photography at the Krannert Art Museum
- Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana (January 22, 1999 - March 28, 1999 )
Focus: Power, Agency, and Objectivity in Early Photography
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 26, 2021 - December 23, 2021 )
Femme 'n isms, Part II: Flashpoints in Photography
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 2, 2024 - January 18, 2025 )
Collections
- European
- On View
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mid-20th century
1938