The Telegraph looks back at ten photographs that “have had a profound impact on the way we live today”.

1855 Valley of the Shadow of Death by Roger Fenton

This particular photograph, featured in the article, is one that I find particularly impactful. The absence of any human casualties only serves to imbue the shot with even greater metaphorical resonance.

The Telegraph is featuring some images from ‘The Londoners Through a Lens’ exhibition at The Getty Images gallery.

The image below is particularly striking:

Apparently it shows a “wire cage which East Poplar borough council in London proposed to fix to the outside of their tenement windows, so that babies could benefit from fresh air and sunshine”.

It seems that attitudes towards child care and health and safety were so very different in 1934!