Julia Margaret Cameron photo exhibit opens at Milwaukee Art Museum
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Julia Margaret Cameron photography exhibit opens at Milwaukee Art Museum

Mike De Sisti
“Annie” is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
“Annie” is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
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Kristen Gaylord, Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts discusses the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
Kristen Gaylord, Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts discusses the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
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“The Whisper of the Muse” is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
“The Whisper of the Muse” is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
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Kristen Gaylord, Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts discusses the photograph titled “Beatrice” in the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
Kristen Gaylord, Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts discusses the photograph titled “Beatrice” in the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
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“Beatrice” is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
“Beatrice” is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
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A photographic portrait titled “Charles Darwin” featuring naturalist Charles Darwin is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
A photographic portrait titled “Charles Darwin” featuring naturalist Charles Darwin is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
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A photographic portrait titled “Charles Hay Cameron” featuring Cameron's husband, Charles, was two decades older is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
A photographic portrait titled “Charles Hay Cameron” featuring Cameron's husband, Charles, was two decades older is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
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“Christabel” is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
“Christabel” is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
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“I Wait,” featuring Cameron’s great-niece Rachel Gurev wearing swan's wings, is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
“I Wait,” featuring Cameron’s great-niece Rachel Gurev wearing swan's wings, is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
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“Call, I Follow, I Follow, Let Me Die!,” a carbon print of Cameron’s maid Mary Hillier, is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
“Call, I Follow, I Follow, Let Me Die!,” a carbon print of Cameron’s maid Mary Hillier, is part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
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A photograph of Julia Margaret Cameron by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron is on display as part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
A photograph of Julia Margaret Cameron by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron is on display as part of the "Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron" exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The exhibit, on display throughout July 28, 2024, features Cameron portraits of transcendent beauty in close-up, soft-focus photographs.
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