Roger Fenton (1819-1869),British photographer,dressed in a Zouave outfit. Fenton,who is holding a rifle,is dressed in the distinctive clothing of a French Zouave soldier. Fenton was one of the first war photographers. This photograph,by his assistant Marcus Fitzell Sparling (1822-1860),was taken in 1855 during their trip to the Crimea to document the Crimean War (1854-1856),where the French,British and Turks were fighting the Russians. Fenton returned from the Crimea with over 350 photographs,though most of them were posed |