An edition of All The Mighty World (2004)
All the Mighty World
The Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860 (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)
By Gordon Baldwin
Publish Date
October 11, 2004
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Language
eng
Pages
290
Description:
"Roger Fenton (1819-1869) was England's most celebrated photographer during the 1850s, the young medium's most glorious moment. After studying law and painting, Fenton took up the camera in 1851 and immediately began to produce highly original images. During a decade of work he mastered every photographic genre he attempted: architectural photography, landscape, portraiture, still life, reportage, and tableau vivant." "This volume presents ninety of Fenton's finest photographs, exactingly reproduced. Six leading scholars have contributed nine illustrated essays that address every aspect of Fenton's career, as well as a comprehensive, documented chronology."--Jacket.