Alice as a little beggar girl aged 8, late 1850s As well as being a writer and illustrator, Charles Dodgsen was also a photographer. At this time photography was a complex, involved technology. Dodgeson, always in love with art, was never satisfied with his artwork and draftmanship. Photography provided the means by which he could bring to life his ideas about art and make the leap from gallery-goer to artist. In later life Alice Liddell described a typical photo session with Dodgeson:  "We used to sit on the big sofa on each side of him, while he told us stories, illustrating them by pencil or ink drawings as he went along. When we were thoroughly happy and amused with his stories, he used to pose us, and expose the plates before the right mood had passed... Being photographed was... a joy to us and not a penance as it is to most children. We looked forward to the happy hours in the mathematical tutor's room". Alice Liddell, photographed by Dodgeson. Alice Liddell and her sisters (Alice on the right getting the fruit) photographed by Dodgeson. 'The Real Alice' by Dodgeson, 1859. You can get a larger view of many of the photographs by clicking on the image. Archdeacon Dodgson Lord Alfred Tennyson, the poet photographed by Dodgeson.