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Visual Arts
When anyone can snap a selfie or Photoshop out a problem, the imperfect world of analogue photography has a strange appeal.
Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–79) always knew there was something to be said for the errors inherent in analogue photography.
Cameron, whose work is explored in an exhibition opening this week at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), embraced imperfection, leaving fingerprints, streak marks and swirls of collodion (emulsion) on her negatives.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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