Miroslav Tichý & Julia Margaret Cameron
26 Jan - 23 Mar 2008
MIROSLAV TICHÝ & JULIA MARGARET CAMERON
26 JANUARY–23 MARCH 2008
"I have never done anything else than letting time pass by. I go to town and must do something than just doing nothing. So I was simply pressing the release."
Miroslav Tichý
"I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied."
Julia Margaret Cameron
Working independent of his contemporaries in the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s, Miroslav Tichy (b. 1926) created an idiosyncratic style, fascinating in its imperfection and reminiscent of photography’s early experimental years. Using homemade cameras Tichy took blurry mottled photographs in his Czech hometown Kyjov – anonymous portraits, often framed by elaborate mounts.
In contrast, Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879) was an early star in the writing of photographic history. As part of Victorian England’s privileged cultural elite she was able to devote herself to exploring the new medium of her time, assiduously taking portraits of her circle of friends. Authors, scientists, artists and their families were captured in dream-like, allegorical images or intimate portraits. Cameron gained early acclaim as a photographic innovator for her experiments with composition and lighting.
26 JANUARY–23 MARCH 2008
"I have never done anything else than letting time pass by. I go to town and must do something than just doing nothing. So I was simply pressing the release."
Miroslav Tichý
"I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied."
Julia Margaret Cameron
Working independent of his contemporaries in the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s, Miroslav Tichy (b. 1926) created an idiosyncratic style, fascinating in its imperfection and reminiscent of photography’s early experimental years. Using homemade cameras Tichy took blurry mottled photographs in his Czech hometown Kyjov – anonymous portraits, often framed by elaborate mounts.
In contrast, Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879) was an early star in the writing of photographic history. As part of Victorian England’s privileged cultural elite she was able to devote herself to exploring the new medium of her time, assiduously taking portraits of her circle of friends. Authors, scientists, artists and their families were captured in dream-like, allegorical images or intimate portraits. Cameron gained early acclaim as a photographic innovator for her experiments with composition and lighting.