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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Roger Fenton
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(1816–69) The first war photographer whose work has survived. He was sent out to the *Crimean War early in 1855 by a Manchester publisher, Thomas Agnew, who issued his photographs in five portfolios later that year. Fenton took with him a converted wine-merchant's delivery vehicle, which was both his caravan and his darkroom. Marked 'Photographic Van', it became an object of great curiosity to the troops. Working with large glass plates, and exposure times from 3 to 20 seconds, his images were posed groups rather than action shots. But it was the first time the public at home had any such direct glimpse of a theatre of war.
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