At the age of 48, when she moved to the Isle of Wight, Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) was given a camera by her daughter: "It might amuse you, Mother, to try to photograph during your solitude at Freshwater. " The gift was to begin Cameron’s short but prolific career as one of photography’s first great artists. "From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour, and it has become to me as a living thing, with voice and memory and creative vigour. " The modern interest in Cameron’s photography began with the pioneering 1926 book by her great-niece Virginia Woolf and art criti Julia Margaret Cameron - Julia Margaret Cameron, Virginia Woolf, Roger Fry od authora Julia Margaret Cameron, Virginia Woolf, Roger Fry a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.