H H H Cameron, Julia Margaret Cameron, 1970, The Met collection
Julia Margaret Cameron in Ceylon
1875-1879
Discover where she lived and made her last photographs, and explore her life in British Ceylon on a tour of Sri Lanka
Short Tour 10 days * February 2026
Long Tour 15 days * February 2026
Experience the people, culture, food, and history of Sri Lanka, the context for the photographs dates back to be notified.
This tour was successfully conducted in February 2025
Please contact aneeladesoysa@yahoo.com for more information.
Scroll down to see selected Ceylon photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron
I am a graduate student at the Australia National University, studying Art History and Curatorship at the School of Art and Design.
My thesis is on Julia Margaret Cameron's photographs taken in Ceylon from 1875 to 1879. While Cameron’s work has been subject to extensive analysis, these, her last photographs, are little known and less admired. Using historical and post-colonial discourses and archival sources, I trace Cameron's life in Ceylon, bringing new insights and reframing existing knowledge and narratives.
Before studying Art History, I had a career in corporate finance and restructuring, with degrees in Economics from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and an MBA from the University of Warwick, UK.
