Julia Margaret Cameron in Ceylon
31 January -13 February 2027
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This tour includes a day of pre-tour activities in Colombo on 30 January 2027.
Image of the waterfall at the Cameron Plantation at Rahathungoda, Sri Lanka.
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While Cameron’s work has been extensively analysed, her later photographs are little known and less admired. My postgraduate thesis focused on Julia Margaret Cameron's photographs taken in Ceylon from 1875 to 1879. I share Cameron's life in Ceylon with you, offering new insights and reframing existing knowledge and narratives. The journey takes you around Sri Lanka to experience what Julia Margaret Cameron’s life in Ceylon may have been like. Together we will explore the culture, heritage, history, biodiversity, beaches, food, and the people of Sri Lanka. We will be accompanied by a Registered National Tour Guide.
Scroll down to see images of the journey, then and now. They include JMC’s Ceylon photographs from various collections, including that of the V&A, Art Institute of Chicago, The Getty, The Met, Harry Ransome Centre, etc, Marianne North paintings that you can see at the Marianne North Gallery, Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, UK, and images taken on previous tours.
