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Valley of the Shadow of Death

Photograph
1855 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Fenton, Roger (photographer)
Place of origin
Crimea (photographed)

Photograph by Roger Fenton, Valley of the Shadow of Death, albumen print, 1855.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
The Royal Photographic Society
Portraits
Object type
Photograph
TitleValley of the Shadow of Death (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print from wet collodion glass plate negative
Photographic Paper
Albumen Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Roger Fenton, Valley of the Shadow of Death, albumen print, 1855.
Dimensions
  • Mount width: 749mm
  • Mount height: 543mm
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)
Other numbers
  • XRP1507 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/20152 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.2390-2017

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Record createdAugust 23, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1410688/valley-of-the-shadow-of-photograph-fenton-roger/
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