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Roger Fenton — Landing Place, Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava
Roger Fenton

Landing Place, Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava

1855

Industrial warfare meets primitive photography in this view of the makeshift harbor facilities that transformed a fishing village into a military hub.

Medium
Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

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Roger Fenton, Landing Place, Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava, 1855

Industrial warfare meets primitive photography in this view of the makeshift harbor facilities that transformed a fishing village into a military hub.

Medium
Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)
Year
1855
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Industrial, Monochrome, Documentary, 19th Century, Landscape, Historical, War Photography, British, Architecture, Salted Paper Print

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art