Colin Ford was a most supportive critic. In 2006 I was invited to speak about Virginia Woolf and Photography at the Women’s Library in London. Part of my paper was about Julia Margaret Cameron, Woolf’s great aunt, and her many influences on Woolf’s writing and photography.
Already then the world expert on Cameron, Colin was in the audience, having trekked all the way to Whitechapel on a wet weekday evening. Terrified that I might misconstrue or misrepresent Cameron in front of him, I fumbled the slide projector. Colin carefully removed his suit jacket, took over the projector, and accompanied my lecture. It was an extraordinarily kind gesture.
