Though heās known now primarily as the author of Aliceās Adventures in Wonderland, in his lifetime Lewis Carroll was interested at least as much in photography as in writing. This book offers a close look at Carrollās engagement with the medium, both as a creator and a collector of photographs. Lindsay Smith takes readers to the glass studio above Carrollās college rooms at Oxford, where he created many of his striking portraits, and she also follows him into the fieldāon excursions to the theater in London, to the seaside at Eastbourne, and even to Russia. Smith also details Carrollās enthusiastic work as a collector, in which role he arranged portrait sittings for photographers whose work he admired.
Beautifully illustrated with a generous selection of Carrollās work and that of other photographers of the period, this book gives fans of Carrollās writing a new way to understand his creative genius.
Though heās known now primarily as the author of Aliceās Adventures in Wonderland, in his lifetime Lewis Carroll was interested at least as much in photography as in writing. This book offers a close look at Carrollās engagement with the medium, both as a creator and a collector of photographs. Lindsay Smith takes readers to the glass studio above Carrollās college rooms at Oxford, where he created many of his striking portraits, and she also follows him into the fieldāon excursions to the theater in London, to the seaside at Eastbourne, and even to Russia. Smith also details Carrollās enthusiastic work as a collector, in which role he arranged portrait sittings for photographers whose work he admired.
Beautifully illustrated with a generous selection of Carrollās work and that of other photographers of the period, this book gives fans of Carrollās writing a new way to understand his creative genius.