Pictorialists are often condemned for their sentimentality. What is sentimentality? Is it a positive or negative quality in a photograph? To what extent is sentimentality present in the work of...

Pictorialists are often condemned for their sentimentality. What is sentimentality? Is it a positive or negative quality in a photograph?

To what extent is sentimentality present in the work of Cameron or Carjat? Which photographs in this chapter could be considered sentimental?