British Photography and Painting

Pre- Raphaelite painting was all about trying to make it look as realistic as possible and true to life, some say that a lot of artists from around the period of Pre-Raphaelites took heavy influences from photographers of the time as well as painting straight from a photograph rather than traditionally getting the models to stand there and pose for hours on end. And in turn, photographers looked to the work of the Pre-Raphaelites to give their own work a more fine art feel, especially taking influence from their visual strategies and subject matter.
The image below is by Julia Margaret Cameron, and called 'The Sunflower.'