Why it matters
Cannonballs lie scattered on a road in a Crimean valley. Taken on 23 April 1855, it is one of the best-known images of war, and whether it was staged has long been debated.
Did you know?
- Fenton took 360 photographs of the Crimean War.
- Soldiers called the spot the Valley of Death because it was under constant shelling.
- Errol Morris found that a version without cannonballs on the road was taken first.
Based on the Wikipedia article Valley of the Shadow of Death (Roger Fenton) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
