Roger Fenton (Masters of Photography)

Roger Fenton achieved widespread fame for his coverage of the Crimean War, as it was the first extensive photographic documentation of a war. "The Valley of the Shadow of Death" is regarded as one of the most important photographs of war that has ever been recorded. However, the Crimean photographs account for only a small section of the thousands that he produced, and of the many subjects in which he took an interest. Fenton's work was greatly admired by Queen Victoria, and he was commissioned to take portraits of the royal family. He traveled and photographed extensively in the United Kingdom and Russia. He also photographed still lifes and landscapes. These landscapes, full of Romantic poetic sensibility, may be the greatest tribute to his art, revealing the audacity and innovation of his vision, together with a sense of serene harmony. They provide a unique view of the Victorian aesthetic. In an introductory essay, Richard Pare provides an account of the artist's life, and his many and varied contributions to the art of photography.

Arts & Photography

Pare, Richard

FENTON, Roger

Photography & Video

Aperture

Roger Fenton achieved widespread fame for his coverage of the Crimean War, as it was the first extensive photographic documentation of a war. "The Valley of the Shadow of Death" is regarded as one of the most important photographs of war that has ever been recorded. However, the Crimean photographs account for only a small section of the thousands that he produced, and of the many subjects in which he took an interest. Fenton's work was greatly admired by Queen Victoria, and he was commissioned to take portraits of the royal family. He traveled and photographed extensively in the United Kingdom and Russia. He also photographed still lifes and landscapes. These landscapes, full of Romantic poetic sensibility, may be the greatest tribute to his art, revealing the audacity and innovation of his vision, together with a sense of serene harmony. They provide a unique view of the Victorian aesthetic. In an introductory essay, Richard Pare provides an account of the artist's life, and his many and varied contributions to the art of photography.

Individual Artists

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All The Mighty World: The Photographs Of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860

Greenough, Sarah

BALDWIN, Gordon

Daniel, Malcolm R.

History & Criticism

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Roger Fenton (1819-1869) was Englands most celebrated and influential photographer during the 1850s, the golden age of this radically new medium. Fentons majestic pictures of cathedrals, country houses, and varied countryside were without peer in Englandas were his views of the royal castles and Houses of Parliament that embodied Britains power. But Fentons choice of subjects ranged more widely still: he was among the first to photograph the Kremlin and other landmarks of Moscow and Kiev; he was commissioned in 1855 to document the Crimean War, producing early war photographs; and he created theatrical Orientalist costume pictures and a startling series of lush still lifes. Fenton had first studied law and painting, but soon after he took up the camera he was making photographs that were technically superb and highly original in their handling of composition, perspective, atmosphere, and light. Always he strove to demonstrate tha

Roger Fenton achieved widespread fame for his coverage of the Crimean War, as it was the first extensive photographic documentation of a war. "The Valley of the Shadow of Death" is regarded as one of the most important photographs of war that has ever been recorded. However, the Crimean photographs account for only a small section of the thousands that he produced, and of the many subjects in which he took an interest.Fenton's work was greatly admired by Queen Victoria, and he was commissioned to take portraits of the royal family. He traveled and photographed extensively in the United Kingdom and Russia. He also photographed still lifes and landscapes. These landscapes, full of Romantic poetic sensibility, may be the greatest tribute to his art, revealing the audacity and innovation of his vision, together with a sense of serene harmony. They provide a unique view of the Victorian aesthetic.In an introductory essay, Richard Pare provides an account of the artist's life, and his many and varied contributions to the art of photography.

Roger Fenton: photographer of the 1850s [Hayward Gallery, London 4 February to 17 April 1988]

South Bank Board

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Roger Fenton (Masters of Photography)

Roger Fenton (Masters of Photography)

All The Mighty World: The Photographs Of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860

All The Mighty World: The Photographs Of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860

Roger Fenton: photographer of the 1850s [Hayward Gallery, London 4 February to 17 April 1988]