Julia Margaret Cameron was a 19th century British photographer known for her allegorical portraits depicting religious, mythological, and literary themes. She was inspired by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a group of artists who rejected academic rules and focused on medievalizing aspects of art. Both Cameron's photographs and Pre-Raphaelite paintings emphasized subjects in a natural setting with soft lines and a blurred foreground. Her work showed emotion and vitality unlike other photographers of her time. Today, Cameron continues to inspire photographers to recreate her natural style using modern techniques while bringing 19th century creative processes into the present.

1. Julia Margaret Cameron And the Pre-Raphaelites By: Brittany Amodeo and Nicole Bada

2. Who is Julia Margaret Cameron? Original British photographer of the nineteenth century. Created allegorical photographs, representing religious, antique and literary themes. Didn't consider herself a ‘Photographer’, but rather an artist Didn't focus on perfect camera technique Inspired by the Pre-Raphealites

4. Leader was Jacques Louis David

5. Paintings’ Characteristics :

6. Heroes

7. Had no emotions/ Were cold

8. Had logical meaning

9. figures resembling famous classical statutes

10. Classical relief

11. Used lighting on figures, leaving the rest dark to emphasize the dramatic presenceJacques Louis David, Death Of Socrates, 1787 Oil on Canvas

12. NeoClassical Vs. Pre-Raphaelites Jacques Louis David, The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of his Sons, 1789, Oil on Canvas John William Waterhouse, Hylas and the Nymphs, 1896, Oil on Canvas

14. Millais, Rossetti, and Holman-Hunt are the creators

15. Were inspired by William Hogarth

16. Artwork dedicated to the art’s mood and style, its true principles, and the romantic ideal

17. Artwork relates to literary work

18. Inspired many, including Julia Margaret CameronDante Gabriel Rossetti, The Girlhood of Mary Virgin, 1848-49, Oil on Canvas

19. Julia Margaret Cameron’s Photography All photos were created in the dark room Photos were purposely taken out of focus Negatives show uneven coating of collodion Photos revealed dust particles and were faded She had a capacity to visualise a picture Portraits show a measure of vitality, which other artists at the time did not Julia Margaret Cameron, The Kiss of Peace, 1870, Photograph

21. Children

22. Religious reference

23. Natural beauty: posing with hair down, immersed around nature

24. Embody innocence and devotion in love

25. Celebrities of the time

26. Legendary themed -- >

27. Pre-Raphaelites Purpose To test and defy all conventions of art Emphasize the subject- violated conventional views To transform the resultant hard-edge realism To believe the arts were allied- visual and literature Looking for new, different, subjects Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Found, 1853-1859, Oil on Canvas

28. Unique subject Relative to literary The Pre-Raphaelites Painting Characteristics: Example Soft Lines Blurred Foreground Arthur Hughes, Ophelia, 1852, Oil on Panel

29. William Hogarth and the Pre-Raphaelites William Hogarth, Marrage a la Mode, 1743, Oil on Canvas Holfman-Hunt Finding, 1854-1860 Oil on Canvas

33. Mythological: photo Mythological: painting Julia Margaret Cameron, Venus Chiding Cupid and Removing His Wings, 1872, Oil on Canvas Burne-Jones and Walter Crane, Cupid and Psyche, 1872-1881, Oil on Canvas

34. Literary theme: Ophelia photo Literary theme: Ophelia painting John Everett Millais, Ophelia, 1851-52 Oil on Canvas Julia Margaret Cameron The Gardeners Daughter ,1867 Photograph

35. Arthurian Legend: photo Arthurian Legend: painting Julia Margaret Cameron Gareth and Lynette, 1874 Photograph

36. Woman Theme: Photo Woman Theme: painting Julia Margaret Cameron Sixteen year old girl, 1864 Photograph Rossetti Blue Silkdress, 1868, Oil on Canvas

37. Natural beauty: Photo Natural beauty: painting Julia Margaret Cameron The Angel at the Tomb, 1870 Photograph Rossetti Fazio's Mistress, 1863 Oil on Canvas

38. Annie Brigman1869-1950 Inspired by Julia Margaret Cameron’s photography Rejected societies notion of being fulfilled as a mother, instead found that art fulfilled her Expressed the relationship between art and nature in her photographs Etched pictures directly onto her negatives Achieved a more naturalistic image by combining negatives in her enlarger Annie Brigman, The Heart of the Storm, 1902, Photograph

40. Low depth of field

41. Slow shutter speed

42. No Flash

44. Image>Adjustments>Brightness /Contrast from the top menu bar. Brightness and Contrast must be low -- > Darkens Foreground and background subjects in photo

45. Split Toning -- > allows user to add a colour tint to a B/W photo in 4 steps 1)Layers Palette>New Adjustment Layer >Channel Mixer and select Monochrome

46. Split Toning Continued 3) Layers Palette>New Adjustment Layer >Colour balance (select highlight box and use the color sliders to dial in the color you want to tint the highlights with) 2) Layers Palette>New Adjustment Layer >Channel Mixer (total percentage of all three sliders should equal 100%)

47. Split Toning continued 4) Layers Palette>New Adjustment Layer >Colour Balance( Shadows) -- > colors you choose for your shadows and highlights may be completely different

48. Split Toning Continued Before After

49. Blur Tool -->Allows for user to distort selected criteria of image Filter> Blur>Surface blur or lens Blur

51. She also inspired Matt Mahurin, a photographer that did a album cover for Tom Waits

52. Challenges us to re-create her natural style using digital Photoshop softwareMatt Mahurin, Tom Waits: Mule Variations, 199, Photograph

54. Provides us with insight on different creative styles in the 19th century and influence of literary works of that timeMiroslav Tichy, Untitled, 1970, Silver Gelatin Print