Hi, Paul wrote:
> I saw an exhibition of her work last year, quite amazing what was achieved so early >on. Having taken up the subject in middle age, when she was probably expected to settle into dowager-like somnolence, and dealing with an almost completely do-it-yourself process involving wet negatives when taking a picture, her output is certainly impressive. Many people (then and now) dislike(d) her work as it was the antithesis of what many were striving for at the time. Unlike most of her peers, who were striving to get the utmost resolution and detail into their prints, JMC dressed her subjects in mythical, ethereal types of costume and then deliberately defocused, to give the pictures a dreamy look. Or, maybe she was just short-sighted. Her home on the Isle of Wight is now a photography museum. mike
