BETWEEN TWO ISLANDS: JULIA MARGARET CAMERON AND HER CIRCLE

by Adam Yamey

ABOUT A VICTORIAN PIONEER OF ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY.

A chance encounter with an inventor of photography led to JULIA MARGARET CAMERON (1815-1879) becoming a pioneering artistic photographer. Her work transformed photography from the slavish copying of nature into a creative artform. Born in India, she was educated in France, worked in England, and died in Sri Lanka. For 15 years, she lived on the Isle of Wight, where she created most of her vast photographic oeuvre.

This book, illustrated with images and maps, describes Julia’s life; her remarkable family; her circle of eminent Victorian friends and acquaintances; her travels; and the nature of her photographic output. Adam Yamey has followed in her footsteps in London, the Isle of Wight, India, and Sri Lanka, and presents her intriguing life and milieu from an exciting new perspective.

89 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 28, 2023

About the author

AUTHOR/ retired DENTIST



Adam Yamey

Adam Yamey is a retired dentist and active author.

He has published several books, including: "Albania on my Mind"; "Scrabble with Slivovitz;" (Once upon a time in Yugoslavia); "From Albania to Sicily"; "Exodus to Africa"; "Rediscovering Albania"; "Aliwal"; "Bangalore Revealed"; "Indian Freedom Fighters in London (1905-1910)"; "Imprisoned in India"; "Beneath a Wide Sky: Hampstead and its Environs"; "Beyond Marylebone and Mayfair: Exploring West London", and "Golders Green & Hampstead Garden Suburb: Visions of Arcadia", and "Coracles and Crocodiles: 101 Tales of India".

In early 2023, he published a book about a famous Victorian photographer: "BETWEEN TWO ISLANDS: JULIA MARGARET CAMERON AND HER CIRCLE"

HIS LATEST enlightening book is an account of his 4000 mile journey through India undertaken in late 2024 and early 2025:
"88 DAYS IN INDIA: A JOURNEY OF MEMORY AND DISCOVERY"



Born in 1952 in London, he attended Highgate School, and then University College London. After a doctorate in mammalian physiology, he became an undergraduate once more and qualified as a dental surgeon. After 35 years in general dental practice, he retired in September 2017.

Adam married a lady from India, in 1994, and, since then, has been visiting her native land frequently. India has become his second home.

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A tree in Cubbon Park, Bangalore (a city that I visit regularly)