Jane Martha St. John. Fotógrafa inglesa. Calotipos. Italia 1850's.
No son muchas las mujeres que realizaron fotografía en el siglo XIX cuyos datos y obras han llegado hasta nuestros tiempos.
Siendo, en su primeros tiempos, la fotografía un entretenimiento de personas adineradas no debía ser raro que ellas estudiasen y realizasen fotos pero, como queda dicho, no muchas dejaron rastro de su obra.
Una de ellas, aficionada destacada aficionada, según nos informa Wikipedia fue Jane Martha St. John
..........In Impressed by Light: British Photographers from Paper Negatives, 1840–1860,
published in 2007 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Roger
Taylor writes at the end of his article on St. John, "Although she is
unlikely ever to be considered a great photographer, St. John was
certainly one of the more interesting amateurs of the mid-nineteenth
century, not only because she was a woman but because her attitude
toward picture making and photography was highly original.........
Mrs. Jane St. John. Getty photographs
Artist/Maker:
Mrs. Jane St. John (British, 1803 - 1882)
Culture:
British
Place:
Naples, Italy (Place created)
Date:
1856 - 1859
Medium:
Albumen silver print from a paper negative
Dimensions:
18.3 x 24.8 cm (7 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
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Artist/Maker:
Mrs. Jane St. John (British, 1803 - 1882)
Culture:
British
Place:
Pisa, Italy (Place created)
Date:
1856 - 1859
Medium:
Albumen silver print from a paper negative
Dimensions:
18.2 x 24.8 cm (7 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
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