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 8 nights 9-17 February 2025
Long Tour 12 nights 9-21 February 2025
Encounter the people, culture, food, and the history of Sri Lanka, the context for the photographs
Scroll down to see selected Ceylon photographs
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.
