Roger Fenton was a British photographer who photographed British troops in 1855 during the Crimean War. Fenton dealt with controversy over his techniques, but he did avoid taking photographs of the dead or wounded soldiers during war.

Roger Fenton’s work of war times (showed on the above) convey some of the faces of war. Through this photo we can see the way the soldiers who fight alongside each other are a family. Even in the way the photo is taken, like some family portrait. The men are close and happy to have each other even if they are not fond of war times.

Another war photographer Matthew Brady, did just the opposite of Fenton. His studio was well known in New York and produced a photo of Abraham Lincoln which was widely circulated during the 1860 election. When the US Civil War broke out, Brady reached out to travel with the Union to record the war through  violent photographs.

Mathew Brady’s photography work (pictured above) captured war conditions and the faces of war, like those of Fenton. However, Brady’s work was harsh and showed the death of war. Even now it is hard to see the wounded and lost soldiers who were fighting for this country over a hundred years ago.