One of Cameron’s nieces described the experience of being “pressed into the service of the camera” as a child by her aunt. “Dressed in dark clothes, stained with chemicals from her photography (and smelling of them too), with a plump eager face and a voice husky, and a little harsh, yet in some way compelling and even charming . . . we never knew what Aunt Julia was going to do next . . . nor did anyone else.” Here, Margie Thackeray, the young niece and adopted daughter of Cameron’s good friend, the writer Anne Thackeray, meets the camera’s gaze with surprising determination.