…baggy red trousers. Two Sergeants of the 4th Light Dragoons, 1855, Roger Fenton, The Royal Photographic Society Collection Born into a wealthy family, Roger Fenton studied both law and painting…
…Curator of Photographic Technology, he told me the story behind one of Roger Fenton’s masterpieces—’Pasha and Bayadère’. Pasha and Bayadère, 1858. Roger Fenton. Science Museum Group collection Until recently it…
…Roger Fenton in volunteer’s uniform, 1860, Roger Fenton © The Royal Photographic Society Collection Eventually, western European countries including Britain became involved. The resulting war was photographed in 1855 by…
…Roger Fenton © The Royal Photographic Society Collection Low Wood, Windermere, Roger Fenton © The Royal Photographic Society Collection Fenton’s contemporaries marvelled at his facility in photographing landscapes. The Journal…
…I’ve just had a pleasant and stimulating trip to Vienna to bring back two photographs by Roger Fenton that had been loaned for inclusion in an exhibition held at Vienna’s…
…Life with Ivory Tankard and Fruit by Roger Fenton On first impression Fenton’s sumptuous still lifes are simply decorative arrangements—a tour de force of shape, tone and texture. Although devoid…
…objects. In 1853 Roger Fenton, the famous British photographer, was asked to make photographic records of parts of the British Museum’s collections. These included some of their cuneiform tablets—clay blocks…
…products of the Dutch still life painters. Fruits and Flowers—Homage to Roger Fenton, 1983, Willie Anne Wright Still life also features in Willie Anne Wright’s Fruits and Flowers—Homage to Roger…
…of the house, immersed in a conversation about 19th-century photography exposure times. Heather had prepared some of Harewood’s collection of Roger Fenton prints. Fenton was one of mid-19th century Britain’s…
…a blurred, transparent, ghost-like figure. Portrait of Prince Arthur, 1854, Roger Fenton © The Royal Photographic Society Collection A portrait of one of Queen Victoria’s children, Prince Arthur, taken by…
The photographs range from Roger Fenton’s views of the iconic building, taken soon after its completion, to pictorial images taken at the turn of the last century, and touristic views…
…such as William Henry Fox Talbot and Roger Fenton explored the genre as an ideal medium for an artistic engagement. The long exposure times demanded by early plates required little…