Roger Fenton Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Roger Fenton, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

3 records1854–18552 events3 places

Chronological biography

1854

Crimean Photography1854

Warfare / Crimean War · Photographer · War Photographer · London

Receives support to photograph the war, preparing for a pioneering photographic expedition to Crimea.

1855

Crimean Photography1855

Warfare / Crimean War · Photographer · War Photographer · Balaclava

Photographs officers, soldiers, camps and landscapes in Crimea, creating one of the earliest major photographic records of war.

Valley of the Shadow of Death1855

Warfare / Crimean War · Photographer · War Photographer · Crimea

Photographs the shell-strewn landscape later known through his image of the Valley of the Shadow of Death.

Titles and roles

Photographer · War Photographer

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.