2. Roger Fenton
Roger Fenton was born March 28 1819
in Bury, England. And died August 8
1869. He was one of the first war
photographers in the world.
In 1840. Fenton graduated at University
College London with a “first class”
Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Later on, Fenton visited the Great
Exhibition in 1851 and was impressed
by the photography on display there.
He got really interested in photography
and its whole process.
By 1852, he had photographs exhibited
everywhere.
3. • In 1855 Fenton was sent to the Crimean War as the first official
war photographer.
• Due to the size and weight of his photographic equipment, Fenton
was limited in his choice of motifs.
• In recognition of the importance of his photography, Fenton's
photos of the Crimean war were included in the Life
collection, 100 Photographs that Changed the World.
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6. Photo featured in Life Magazine for being one of the 100
Photographs that Changed the World
7. Mathew Brady
Brady is mostly known for being an
American civil war photographer. He
was born in warren country, New
York, USA.
Brady studied painting, in 1839.
Traveled to Albany, New York then to
New York city. Brady‟s teacher
Samuel F.B Morse met Louis
Jacques Daguerre on a trip and when
returned, Morse opened a studio and
offered classes to study in
daguerreotype photography, Brady
was one of the first people to join.
A couple of years later in 1844, Brady
had opened his own photography
studio in New York. He also had
opened another studio in Washington
D.C in 1849.
8. Most of Brady‟s photos were
daguerreotypes, but soon after moved
towards ambrotype
photography, which lead to the
albumen print. Albumen prints were
mostly used for American Civil War
photography.
Soon after, Brady was soon taken
after the idea of documenting the war
itself, he had asked for permission to
travel to battles sites. He got
permission From president
Lincoln, but he was told that it was all
under his own expense.
9. Brady was known for bringing his own
photographic studio right onto the
battlefields.
Throughout the dangers, financial risk
and no encouragement, Brady had
quoted saying “I had to go. A spirit in my
feet said „GO‟ and I went.”
Brady had been in a couple of close
calls, that he barely got enough images
after awhile. Therefore; Brady needed to
higher assistants. Assistants were;
Alexander Gardner, Timothy
O‟Sullivan, William Pywell, George N.
Barnard, Thomas C. Roche and 17 other
men.
All were given a traveling darkroom and
were off to photograph scenes from the
Civil War.
10. Then on, Mathew Brady had many
exhibitions one of them being “The
Dead of Antietam” Brady‟s exhibition
helped Americans see what really
goes on. Brady‟s photography is
known for being an eye opener.
He was 74 years old when he had
passed away…
11. Alexander Gardner
Gardner was a Scottish
photographer who emigrated to
the united states in 1858.
Gardner is best known for his
work of photography of the
American Civil War.
Gardner would emigrate time to
time. He would buy and sell
land repeatedly. Gardner
visited The Great Exhibition in
1851 in Hyde park, London.
Which was the photography of
Mathew Brady.
12. After seeing the exhibition, Gardner‟s
interest for photography was
indescribable. He was interested in
the subject.
Gardner had initiated contact with
Brady and went to work for him later
during that year, 1856. continuing
until 1862.
Gardner‟s job at first was to make the
imperial large photographic prints but
Brady‟s eye sight began to fail
therefore; Gardner took more
responsibility.
In 1858, Brady had put Gardner in
charge of his gallery in Washington
D,C.
13. James Nachtwey
James Nachtwey was born March
14th, 1948 in Syracuse, New York.
He grew up in Massachusetts, where
he studied Art History and Political
Science at Darmouth College.
After his studies, he started working
as a newspaper photographer in
1976 at the Albuquerque Journal. In
1981, he moved to New York and
began working as a freelance
photographer. A year later, Nachtwey
covered his first overseas project in
Northern Ireland illustrating civil
strife.
14. • He has since then documented a variety of armed conflicts and social
issues.
• He has been injured many times throughout his adventures.
• Nachtwey received many prestigious awards and honors.
15. "Every minute I was there, I
wanted to flee.
I did not want to see this.
Would I cut and run, or
would I deal with
the responsibility of being
there with a camera"
(James Nachtwey)
