1. Roger Fenton

2. Roger Fenton British troops in the Crimea 1855

3. Bio 1819-1869 British photographer Considered one of the first war photographers Held a BA degree (general arts) Studied law and worked as a solicitor

4. Visited the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park in 1851, which began his love of photography By 1852, his own work was exhibited in London In 1855, he was commissioned to take photographs of the Crimean War British war dept. forbade him to take pictures of dead, injured or mutilated soldiers The images were meant to offset anti-war rhetoric He suffered intense heat, 3 broken ribs and disease Created a collection of 350 large format negatives and exhibited 312 prints from the collection Almost all of the images were posed

5. http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2004/fenton /fenton_ssc.shtm

6. http://allworldwars.com/Crimean -War-Photographs-by-Roger- Fenton-1855.html

7. Roger Fenton Sebastopol from Cathcart's Hill 1855

8. Roger Fenton The Harbour of Balaklava, the Cattle Pier 1855

9. Resources http://www.masters-of- photography.com/F/fenton/fenton_articles 1.htmlhttp://www.masters-of- photography.com/F/fenton/fenton_articles 1.html http://www.masters-of- photography.com/F/fenton/fenton2.htmlhttp://www.masters-of- photography.com/F/fenton/fenton2.html

10. Roger Fenton The Valley of the Shadow of Death 1855

11. Questions How well does the war imagery from Fenton describe the actual war? How did the imagery he chose/posed contribute to your evaluation of his work? Do you believe that the government should limit war photographers in the imagery they shoot?