PHOTOGRAPHER

Julia Margaret Cameron

1815 - 1879

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Julia Margaret Cameron (née Pattle; 11 June 1815 – 26 January 1879) was a British photographer who is considered one of the most important portraitists of the 19th century. She is known for her soft-focus close-ups of famous Victorians and for illustrative images depicting characters from mythology, Christianity, and literature. She was born in Calcutta, and after establishing herself among the Anglo-Indian upper-class, she moved to London where she made connections with the cultural elite. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julia Margaret Cameron has received more than 796,965 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Julia Margaret Cameron is the 12th most popular photographer (up from 14th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from India and the most popular Indian Photographer.

Julia Margaret Cameron is most famous for her portraits of family, friends, and celebrities of the time.

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  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Julia Margaret Cameron ranks 12 out of 148Before her are Alexander Rodchenko, Eadweard Muybridge, Dora Maar, Heinrich Hoffmann, Vivian Maier, and Elliott Erwitt. After her are Gunter Sachs, Felice Beato, Wilhelm von Gloeden, André Kertész, Nobuyoshi Araki, and Brassaï.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Julia Margaret Cameron ranks 12Before her are Otto of Greece, Louis-Jules Trochu, Adolph Menzel, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Ildefons Cerdà, and Thomas Couture. After her are Ľudovít Štúr, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Lorenz von Stein, Ernest Meissonier, Giuseppina Strepponi, and Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte. Among people deceased in 1879, Julia Margaret Cameron ranks 10Before her are Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Adolf Anderssen, Albrecht von Roon, Gottfried Semper, and Thomas Couture. After her are August Grisebach, Charles De Coster, Jón Sigurðsson, Maria Teresa of Savoy, Sher Ali Khan, and August Bournonville.

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In India

Among people born in India, Julia Margaret Cameron ranks 114 out of 1,861Before her are Razia Sultana (1205), Tukaram (1608), Mariam-uz-Zamani (1542), Sushruta (-620), Vātsyāyana (300), and Dhyan Chand (1905). After her are Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Droupadi Murmu (1958), Akshay Kumar (1967), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), Chandragupta II (400), and Sambhaji (1657).

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In India

Among photographers born in India, Julia Margaret Cameron ranks 1