How the only print of this landscape photograph is revolutionary

"It's not about the particular place, it's about a state of mind."

"It's not about the particular place, it's about a state of mind."

Curator Malcolm Daniel on Roger Fenton's photograph "{Landscape with Clouds}."

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Malcolm Daniel
Former Senior Curator, Department of Photographs

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[Landscape with Clouds], Roger Fenton  British, Salted paper print from glass negative
On loan to The Met
Roger Fenton
probably 1856