“Meditation (Gracie Macbeth),” circa 1904-circa 1908. Gelatin silver photog
“Meditation (Gracie Macbeth),” circa 1904-circa 1908. Gelatin silver photograph. Harold Cazneaux (New Zealand, Australia 1878–1953).Photograph revisits the work of Julia Margaret Cameron who was much admired by early 20th-century pictorialists. However, by this time gelatin silver and faster cameras allowed for considerable leeway in the photographic process. The effect is more knowing and polished. This moody, soft-focus image is, as Helen Ennis has pointed out, a portrait “in which achieving a likeness was not a primary concern. As the title indicates, the evocation of a mood or a state of being is all important.” -- source link
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