Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Edinburgh Award/19th Century Photography

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This project aims to create new and improve old pages regarding 19th Century Photography and other pages I become interested in. Follow along with my edits: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/University_of_Edinburgh/Wiki_Project_-_19th_Century_Photography_-_Edinburgh_Award

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19th Century Photographers

 * Claude-Marie Ferrier
 * Isabel Mary Frances Nevill

19th Century Photographers

 * Roger Fenton - expand on artistry, using 'Shadows of War: Roger Fenton's photographs of the Crimea, 1855' by Sophie Gordon.
 * Jane Martha St. John - Expand, fix accuracy issues and add info box, using 'Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860', by Taylor and Schaaf.
 * Augusta Mostyn expand on her photographic work.
 * Philip Henry Delamotte to be expanded/added to.
 * Isabella Bird expand on / add a section on her photography

Other

 * StandUp in Stilettos - Add a development section and more citations.
 * Crimean War Add to documentation section about Fenton's photographs of the war / or create an article on it.

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