Valley of the Shadow of Death
Photograph
1855 (photographed)
1855 (photographed)
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Photograph by Roger Fenton, Valley of the Shadow of Death, albumen print, 1855.
Object details
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| Title | Valley of the Shadow of Death (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print from wet collodion glass plate negative |
| Brief description | Photograph by Roger Fenton, Valley of the Shadow of Death, albumen print, 1855. |
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| Gallery label | Making It Up: Photographic Fictions (2018)
Marta Weiss
Fenton was sent to the Crimea in 1855 to document the war. Using glass plate negatives, he was unable to record split-second action. Instead, he captured the haunting aftermath of the battlefield. He made two versions of this image: one with the cannonballs strewn over the road, and one without. The extent to which he ‘staged’ the photographs remains a point of speculation. |
| Credit line | The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund. |
| Associated object | PROV.2515-2017 (RPS Group record) |
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| Accession number | RPS.2390-2017 |
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| Record created | August 23, 2017 |
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