James Robertson (photographer)

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James Robertson (1813–1888) was an English gem and coin engraver who worked in the Mediterranean region, and who became a pioneering photographer working in the Crimea and possibly India. He is noted for his Orientalist photographs and for being one of the first war photographers.

James Roberton, photograph by the Abdullah Bros, c. 1875

Süleymaniye Mosque in Constantinople, photograph by Robertson, 1853

Erechtheum Acropolis, photograph, 1853

Obelisk of Theodosius in the Hippodrome of Constantinople, c. 1854

War photography

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War photography involves photographing armed conflict and its effects on people and places. Photographers who participate in this genre may find themselves placed in harm's way, and are sometimes killed trying to get their pictures out of the war arena.

Bodies on the battlefield at Antietam, 1862, Alexander Gardner

Roger Fenton was one of the first war photographers. He captured images of the Crimean War (1853–1856)

Valley of the Shadow of Death, 1855, by Roger Fenton

Ruins of Sikandar Bagh, 1858, by Felice Beato