Abstract

ALVARADO, María del Mar Ramírez. Disturbing gazes: The works of photographer Julia Margaret Cameron in the framework of Communication History and Gender Studies. OBS* [online]. 2016, vol.10, n.1, pp.181-200. ISSN 1646-5954.

This article has a double objective. On the one hand, it is contextualized under the gender studies that attempt to reclaim female figures whose contributions to different fields of knowledge have been forgotten or minimized because of the predominant idea of geniality as a male feature. On the other hand, it aims to deepen on the History of Communication in order to rescue the contributions of British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879). The methodology is based on the analysis of direct sources such as the photographs taken by this author, the analysis of her autobiography The annals of my glass house, and the review of previous research on her work. Conclusions show that, despite the professional underestimation that she suffered, Cameron accomplished a very creative and artistic photographic work which, in some cases, was ahead of her time.

Keywords : History of communication; photography; image; photographic portraits; calotypes; Julia Margaret Cameron.

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