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Portraits To Dream In at the National Portrait Gallery

Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron - Portraits to Dream In
Where? National Portrait Gallery, St. Martin’s Place (just off Trafalgar Square) When? 21st March to 16th June 2024 Price? Admission fee applies · See npg.org Parking: Nearby car parks Buses: 3, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 24, 87, 91, 139, 176 Bus fares Trains: The closest station is Charing Cross Bakerloo Northern Other nearby stations: Covent Garden, Embankment, Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus Train fares

The National Portrait Gallery will be putting on an exhibition of more than 150 vintage prints by Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron - two of the most influential women in the history of photography.

Despite living on different continents, more than a century apart -- Cameron worked in the UK and Sri Lanka from the 1860s onwards, whilst Woodman operated in America and Italy during the 1970s and beyond - both women used their creativity to expand portraiture beyond just recording appearance to suggest notions of beauty, symbolism, transformation and storytelling.

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