ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Roger Fenton

Okay kiddo, let me tell you about this man named Roger Fenton. He was a photographer who lived a long time ago in the 1800s. Do you know what a camera is? It's a tool that can take pictures of things we see.

Roger Fenton was very good at using his camera and he took some very important pictures. One time, he was hired by the government to take pictures of some soldiers in a war happening far away. He had to travel a long way by boat and horse and it was very hard work, but he wanted to do it.

When he got there he took pictures of the soldiers and the places they were fighting. His pictures showed us what it was really like in the war, which was very important because most people didn't know what was really happening.

Roger Fenton's pictures helped people understand what was happening in the war and made them think more carefully about what they wanted to do.