Roger Fenton

Roger Fenton was an educated British pioneer that grew up in a big wealthy family. He started his formal education studying English, math, Greek, and Latin. After he married his wife, he focused his learning on painting and art in a school in London. After he mastered that, he was assigned to go to the Crimean war to photograph and publish the troops at war. It was a long battle for survival for Fenton at war. He suffered from cholera, broken bones, and dangerous weather. He finally returned and had an exhibition of his photographs. There he became famous for his work and several reporters asked him if they could publish his work.