For the first time, Catherine, the duchess of Cambridge, who studied art history, has held a new role, and will turn curator of a photography show. The Duchess, 36, is a keen amateur photographer who has taken daily pictures for her son Georges, 4, and daughter Charlotte, 2.
The show “Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography”, which will be held at the London-based National Portrait Gallery, focuses on the “Birth of Art Photography” in the Victorian Age.
The show will bring together works by Lewis Carroll, Julia Margaret Cameron, Oscar Rejlander, and Clementina Hawarden. Among the main topics displayed at the exhibition is Carroll’s pictures of Alice Liddell, his muse for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the German News Agency reported.
The other displayed portraits feature symbols like Charles Darwin, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Thomas Carlyle. Many photographs have been borrowed from museums and private collections from around the world, including exhibits from the collection of Queen Elizabeth II.
As the patron of the National Portrait Gallery, Duchess Catherine selected seven photographs of the exhibition for the so-called "Shepherd's Impact", for which she also wrote personal captions.
Catherine also wrote the show’s introduction: “These photographs allow us to reflect on the importance of preserving and appreciating childhood while it lasts. Children have always held a “special place” in the Victorian imagination where they were celebrated for their seemingly boundless potential.”
The “Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography” is set to run till May 20 at the National Portrait Gallery.
