Valley of the Shadow of Death
Photograph
1854-5 (made), April 1855 (photographed)
1854-5 (made), April 1855 (photographed)
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Photograph of a ravine littered with cannonballs.
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Title | Valley of the Shadow of Death (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Photography using the collodion process |
Brief description | Photograph by Roger Fenton Roger, entitled 'Valley of the Shadow of Death', April 1855 |
Physical description | Photograph of a ravine littered with cannonballs. |
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Gallery label | Label for 'Making It Up: Photographic Fictions' (3 May 2013 - 12 January 2014):
Roger Fenton (1819–69)
Valley of the Shadow of Death
1854–5
Fenton was sent to the Crimean in 1855 to document the war. Using glass plate negatives, he was not able to record split-second action. Instead, he captured the haunting aftermath of the battlefield. He made two versions of this image: one with the canon balls strewn over the road, and one without. The extent to which he ‘staged’ the photographs remains a point of speculation.
Salted paper print
Museum no. 64:856 |
Credit line | Townshend Bequest |
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Accession number | 64856 |
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Record created | September 27, 2006 |
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