Friday 28 November 2014

Landmark shots from the history of photography go on display

Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O'Gorman

Key images from the history of photography are to be displayed at the Science Museum, where one of the UK's first photography exhibitions was held.
Drawn by Light will showcase the archives of The Royal Photographic Society, which holds one of the world's most important photography collections.
Among them are images from the earliest days of the art form.
The RPS held several public exhibitions at the South Kensington Museum - now the Science Museum - in the 1850s.
Pioneers including Alice In Wonderland author Lewis Carroll will be displayed alongside modern artists including Don McCullin, Terry O'Neill and Martin Parr.
Roger Fenton
The Valley of the Shadow of Death, 1855, Roger Fenton
It will also feature images by Roger Fenton, one of the world's first war photographers, who was sent to document the Crimean War by the British government.
His image The Valley of the Shadow of Death is considered a masterpiece of the genre, showing a cannonball-strewn road near Sevastopol.  More