Roger Fenton
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Roger Fenton was a pioneering 19th-century British photographer best known for producing some of the earliest and most influential war photographs.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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photographer ⓘ pioneer of photography ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1862 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1850 ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1819-03-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Heywood, Lancashire, England ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Thomas Agnew & Sons ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1869-08-08 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University College London
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University of London ⓘ |
| employer | British Museum ⓘ |
| familyName | Fenton ⓘ |
| father | Bethel Fenton ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architectural photography
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landscape photography ⓘ photography ⓘ portrait photography ⓘ war photography ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
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fine art photography ⓘ war photography ⓘ |
| givenName | Roger ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of war photography
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subsequent documentary photographers ⓘ |
| knownFor | carefully composed war images rather than graphic battle scenes ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Photographic Society ⓘ |
| movement | Victorian photography ⓘ |
| name | Roger Fenton self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Crimean War
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surface form:
Crimean War photographs
early war photography ⓘ one of the earliest influential war photographers ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The British Expedition to the Crimea
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surface form:
Crimean War photographic series
Valley of Death ⓘ
surface form:
Valley of the Shadow of Death
photographs of the British Royal Family ⓘ |
| occupation |
barrister
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painter ⓘ photographer ⓘ |
| photographedConflict | Crimean War ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
founding member of the Royal Photographic Society
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honorary secretary of the Royal Photographic Society ⓘ official photographer of the British Museum ⓘ |
| spouse | Grace Fenton ⓘ |
| usedMedium |
glass plate negatives
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wet collodion process ⓘ |
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