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Roger Fenton
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Roger Fenton was a British photographer, journalist and photojournalist, born on 28 March 1819 in Heywood. He was educated at University College London, served with the British Army, and worked in the field of war photography. He was a member of the Royal Photographic Society and took part in Documenta 6.
His photographs are held in the collections of the Städel Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, with two of his works recorded by Europeana. Fenton died on 8 August 1869 in London.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1819-03-28 ) 28 March 1819, Heywood , Lancashire, England
- Died
- 8 August 1869 (1869-08-08) (aged 50), Potters Bar , Middlesex , England
- Education
- University of London ; Charles Lucy , Paris
- Known for
- Photographer and painter
- Spouse
- Grace Maynard ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1843 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roger
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- photojournalist
- Educated at
- University College London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Documenta 6
- Field of work
- war photography
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Roger Fenton by the Photographic Society Club, 1856.jpg
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- Commons category
- Roger Fenton
- date of birth
- 1819-03-28
- date of death
- 1869-08-09
- Commons Creator page
- Roger Fenton
- Commons gallery
- Roger Fenton
- name in native language
- Roger Fenton
- member of
- Royal Photographic Society
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Roger Fenton, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Roger Fenton (28 March 1819 – 8 August 1869) was a British photographer, noted as one of the first war photographers.
Fenton was born into a Lancashire merchant family. After graduating from London with an arts degree, he became interested in painting. After seeing examples of the new technology of photography at the Great Exhibition in 1851, he became keenly interested in this new technique. Within a year, he began exhibiting his own photographs.
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