All the mighty world : the photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860 / Gordon Baldwin, Malcolm Daniel, and Sarah Greenough ; with contributions by Richard Pare, Pam Roberts, and Roger Taylor.
Publisher:
Yale University Press, National Gallery of Art ; J. Paul Getty Museum ; Yale University Press,
Catalog of the exhibition held Oct. 17, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Feb. 1, 2005-April 24, 2005 at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; May 24, 2005-Aug. 21, 2005 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Sept. 21, 2005-Jan. 2, 2006 at the Tate Britain, London. Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-281) and index.
Contents:
A chronology of the life and photographic career of Roger Fenton / Gordon Baldwin. "On nature's invitation do I come": Roger Fenton's landscapes / Malcolm Daniel -- In pursuit of architecture / Gordon Baldwin -- "Mr. Fenton explained everything": Queen Victoria and Roger Fenton / Roger Taylor -- "Trying his hand upon some oriental figure subjects" / Gordon Baldwin -- Roger Fenton and the still-life tradition / Pam Roberts -- PLATES -- "A most enthusiastic cultivator of his art": Fenton's critics and the trajectory of his career / Roger Taylor -- "The exertions of Mr. Fenton": Roger Fenton and the founding of the photographic society / Pam Roberts -- Roger Fenton: the artist's eye / Richard Pare -- A chronology of the life and photographic career of Roger Fenton / Rogert Taylor, Gordon Baldwin.
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