This book is a catalog for the National Portrait Gallery, London, exhibition featuring the ethereal and experimental photography of Julia Margaret Cameron and Francesca Woodman. Despite living over a century apart and experiencing different photographic landscapes, both photographers share brief careers with lasting legacies. Their portraits explore themes of beauty, symbolism, transformation, and storytelling. The catalog includes both familiar and lesser-known works, organized into thematic sections alongside three essays that draw connections between their approaches. Cameron's Victorian-era images often depicted notable figures, while Woodman's works spanned the U.S. and Italy, challenging photographic norms with a unique artistic vision.
