Thursday, 1 December 2011

Roger Fenton's Photographs



Roger Fenton(1819-1869)was one of the most important British photographers of the 19th century.In 1853 he was commissioned by the British Museum to photograph a range of the objects in order to make a visual record of its collection.These photographs of the Museum galleries were originally produced as stereoscopic views.I have had access to some rarely seen photographs and hence uniquely visually available