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Etheldreda Janet Laing (née Winkfield, 1872–1960) was a British photographer who is remembered for her early Autochrome photographs, which she began taking in 1908.[2]
Etheldreda Janet Laing | |
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Born | Etheldreda Winkfield 1872 Ely, United Kingdom |
Died | 22 December 1960 87–88)[1] Westminster, United Kingdom | (aged
Nationality | British |
Known for | Photography |
Spouse |
Charles Miskin Laing
(m. 1895) |
Born in Ely in 1872, Etheldreda was the daughter of Richard Winkfield, head of the King's School. After studying drawing in Cambridge, she married the barrister Charles Miskin Laing in 1895, after which the couple lived in Oxford. In 1899, they moved to Bury Knowle House in the Oxford district of Headington. Enthralled with photography, which she appears to have practiced since the late 1890s, Etheldreda had her own darkroom built in the house. She showed an immediate interest in the Autochrome colour process when the plates first became available in 1907. From 1908 she took many photographs of her daughters Janet and Iris in the garden.[3][2] In later life she painted miniatures and joined the Royal Miniature Society.[4]
Laing showed great care in her compositions, taking carefully posed shots, mainly in the garden where the light was good. There is also an indoor photograph of Janet in Japanese kimono, which was popular at the time. It probably required an exposure of up to one minute.[4]
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