Roger Fenton
British troops in the Crimea
1855

In sticking with the theme of documentary I thought this was a significant image because of the popularity of Fenton but also because of the controversy that later surrounded many early documentary images (from Crimea, the Spanish Civil War, WWI and WWII), because it was discovered that they were often staged or posed and therefore inauthentic and questioned the realism. It is difficult to tell if this image is posed or not, it may well be some what controlled based on the retarded equipment being used often requiring the subjects to keep still for several seconds. If fenton was directing in this image dose it take away from the realism or the subjectivity of the object?