Valley of the Shadow of Death
Roger Fenton · 1855
Roger Fenton
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · 1819–1869
Roger Fenton was a British photographer, noted as one of the first war photographers. Fenton was born into a Lancashire merchant family. After graduating from London with an arts degree, he became interested in painting. After seeing examples of the new technology of photography at the Great Exhibition in 1851, he became keenly interested in this new technique. Within a year, he began exhibiting his own photographs.
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Valley of the Shadow of Death
Roger Fenton · 1855
Victoria and Albert Museum
Valley of the Shadow of Death is an albumen print photograph by Roger Fenton, taken on April 23, 1855, during the Crimean War. It is one of the most well-known images of war. The photo is one of 360 taken by Fenton of the war.
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