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Description: | An albumen print photograph entitled 'Lichfield Cathedral, South Transept Portal and Steps', taken by Roger Fenton in 1858. Fenton had often placed figures in his photographs, and in the late 1850s he started to use these figures in a more dramatic way showing them entering or leaving the composition, or half-visible through an open door, in this photograph a figure can just be seen disappearing into the cathedral. The shadow on the steps in the foreground was cast by the photographer. The series of photographs of Lichfield Cathedral are quite different to Fenton's other studies of Cathedrals - they concentrate on the exterior details of the building, rather than distant views of interiors. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | albumen print photograph | Temporal: | 1858 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Fenton, Roger (1819-1869) | Identifier: | 2003-5001/2/20656 | Go to resource |
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