Julia Margaret Cameron, Annie, January 1864 In December 1863, Cameron, then aged forty-eight, receiv
Julia Margaret Cameron, Annie, January 1864 In December 1863, Cameron, then aged forty-eight, received the gift of a camera from her daughter Julia. One month later, she took this portrait of Annie Philpot, describing it as “My very first success in photography, January 1864”. For me, this is one of her most moving images. “I was in a transport of delight. I ran all over the house to search for gifts for the child. I felt as if she entirely had made the picture. I printed, toned, fixed and framed it, and presented it to her father that same day: size 11 by 9 inches. Sweet, sunny haired Annie! No later prize has effaced the memory of this joy.” Julia Margaret Cameron, Annals of my Glass House (1874) -- source link
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