The photography pioneer who found her calling at age 48
 

The photography pioneer who found her calling at age 48
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A study of "Beatrice Cenci."

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Born in Calcutta in 1815, Julia Margaret Cameron spent most of her youth in India, where she married a member of the Law Commission who retired to London in 1848. From there, the family bought an estate on the Isle of Wight, neighboring the home of Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland.

At the age of 48,*Cameron*received a present from her daughter: a camera. She enthusiastically dove into the still-new craft of photography.* Read more...

It may amuse you, Mother, to try to photograph during your solitude at Freshwater.
**te from Cameron's daughter with gift of camera
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