Topic: Julia Margaret Cameron exhibtion at V&A Museum of Childhood

[Suzi Livingstone]

Just a small exhibition but it is free 

http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/whats_on/exhibitions_and_displays/julia_margaret_cameron/index.html

A small display featuring portraits of children by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-79), one of the most influential figures in early photography.

The images explore Cameron’s vision of childhood, in which children are sacred and the embodiment of innocence. She strove to establish photography as an art form, using soft focus and compositions inspired by Renaissance paintings, and incorporating the irregularities of early photographic processes in her pictures. In doing so, her portraits succeed in conveying the emotional and spiritual aura of the sitter.

[Ed Wenn]

Thanks, Suzy. You're an exhibition-spotting machine, innit! You're exactly what I need....I never know what's going on usually.

[Suzi Livingstone]

Thanks, Suzy. You're an exhibition-spotting machine, innit! You're exactly what I need....I never know what's going on usually.

Ha! My friend Deborah Parkin informed me of this one, I'm going to try and get to it in the next few weeks.. 

[Marizu]

Just be aware that these are REPRODUCTIONS of JMC prints.
They are not her actual albumen prints.

This was not stated on any of the promotional materials.
I had planned a weekend in London to check out a few exhibitions. Had I been aware that these were reproductions, I would have spent the morning in White Cube looking at Jeff Wall prints, instead.

When the exhibition ends, the exhibited prints will probably be up for sale in the gift shop for £20 each

[Ed Wenn]

Marizu: Thanks for the heads-up, but sorry you had to be the one to find out