Artist Julia Margaret Cameron

     Julia Margaret Cameron was born in 1815 and wasn't given a camera until it was 1863. Her daughter gave it to her as a present saying it might amuse her. Julia had many friend's that were some of Victorian England's greatest minds such as painter G.F.Watts or scientist Charles Darwin, and she wanted to be an artist at something like many of her friends were.Within 18 months of her taking pictures 80 prints were sent to the Victoria and Albert museum. She mostly just took pictures of family and friends but dressed them up to show things like innocence and wisdom. Many did not like her photographs and the Photographic journal even wrote an article insulting her work. Her photographs are just mainly about close ups of peoples faces but she is known to have a high spiritual content in her photos.