All the mighty world : the photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852-1860 / Gordon Baldwin, Malcolm Daniel, and Sarah Greenough ; with contributions by Richard Pare, Pam Roberts, and Roger Taylor.

Catalog of the exhibition held Oct. 17, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Feb. 1-Apr. 24, 2005 at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; May 24, 2005-Aug. 21, 2005 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and Sept. 21, 2005-Jan. 2, 2006 at Tate Britain, London.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and index.

"A new starting point": Roger Fenton's life / Sarah Greenough -- "On nature's invitation do I come": Roger Fenton's landscapes / Malcolm Daniel -- In pursuit of architecture / Gordon Baldwin -- "Mr. Fenton explained everything": Queen Victoria and Roger Fenton / Roger Taylor -- "Trying his hand upon some oriental figure subjects" / Gordon Baldwin -- Roger Fenton and the still-life tradition / Pam Roberts -- PLATES -- "A most enthusiastic cultivator of his art": Fenton's critics and the trajectory of his career / Roger Taylor -- "The exertions of Mr. Fenton": Roger Fenton and the founding of the photographic society / Pam Roberts -- Roger Fenton: the artist's eye / Richard Pare -- A chronology of the life and photographic career of Roger Fenton / Rogert Taylor, Gordon Baldwin.

"Roger Fenton (1819-1869) was England's most celebrated photographer during the 1850s, the young medium's most glorious moment. After studying law and painting, Fenton took up the camera in 1851 and immediately began to produce highly original images. During a decade of work he mastered every photographic genre he attempted: architectural photography, landscape, portraiture, still life, reportage, and tableau vivant." "This volume presents ninety of Fenton's finest photographs, exactingly reproduced. Six leading scholars have contributed nine illustrated essays that address every aspect of Fenton's career, as well as a comprehensive, documented chronology."--Jacket.