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Roger Fenton — The Town of Balaklava
Roger Fenton

The Town of Balaklava

1855

Nestled between hills and harbor, the civilian settlement appears dwarfed by its sudden transformation into the epicenter of international warfare.

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

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