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Julia Margaret Cameron Fancy Subject Summary

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It was interesting how you talked about the changes in opinion of photography. Actually, I've read an article on Julia Margaret Cameron's "fancy-subject", which featured costumed sitters arranged in often dramatic scenes from sources such as the bible, Shakespeare, and mythology. Essentially, the author argued that the use of photography gave the images a certain charm and how what the viewer is looking at is really a "housemaid" dressed as Guinevere or a regular man dressed as John the Baptist, but never truly what they are portraying. Furthermore, the author argued that theater is able transcend the actor's self, but photography can not. Finally, the author pointed out the "truth" in the photographs, such as a drapery used as "water". It's

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