Bob Walkden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Monday, February 3, 2003, 8:30:09 PM, you wrote: > >[...] >> I'm in the middle of volume 3 of Simon Schama's "A History of Britain" >> and just read a long, fascinating section about Julia Margaret Cameron. >> (Quite a refreshing surprise considering Schama's focus otherwise is >> almost entirely on political history.) Has just 4 reproductions of her >> photographs, but I think that's more coverage than any other artist gets >> in the whole series. > >Simon Schama has also published books on art, particularly Rembrandt. >Bit of a polymathic dude.
Fascinating. Julia Margaret Cameron frequently staged her photographs to represent scenes from the bible, from Shakespeare's plays or to replicate famous paintings. Rembrandt was one of her favorite painters to emulate. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
