Roger Fenton, a 36-year-old London lawyer and moderately ... "one of the most important of all English photographers." Fenton's Crimean war pictures were greatly admired for their authenticity ...

At the northern end of the Black Sea, Crimea sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, having been at various times in its ...

the camera of Britain's Roger Fenton captured scenes at Battle of Alma in Crimea in 1854. The Crimean War also marked the first military application of the telegraph and the first salvo of naval ...