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Tuesday, May 24, 2005
All the Mighty World: The Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852–1860
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: May 24, 2005–August 21, 2005
Roger Fenton (1819–1869) was the most celebrated and influential photographer in England during the golden age of the medium in the 1850s. This major loan exhibition unites 90 of Fenton’s finest works from American and European collections, representing his achievement in every genre: Romantic landscapes, intimate portraits of the royal family, stunning architectural views of England’s ruined abbeys and castles, moving reportage of the Crimean War, enchanting orientalist tableaux, and lush still lifes. Following its appearance at the Metropolitan Museum, the exhibition will travel to Tate Britain, London. ...
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