Capturing Nature - Vanessa Finney

Capturing Nature

Early Scientific Photography at the Australian Museum 18571893

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Buch | Softcover
192 Seiten
2019
NewSouth Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-74223-620-9 (ISBN)
38,60 inkl. MwSt
The ground-breaking scientific photographs of Australian Museum curator Gerard Krefft and taxidermist Henry Barnes are revealed in this volume for the first time. Capturing Nature reveals this fascinating visual archive for the first time, profiling the remarkable partnership of Krefft and Barnes.
The ground-breaking scientific photographs of Australian Museum curator Gerard Krefft and taxidermist Henry Barnes are revealed for the first time.

In the mid-nineteenth century, some of the earliest adopters of the revolutionary new art form of photography were scientists. Museums around the world were quick to see the huge potential for capturing fleeting moments of life, death and discovery. At the Australian Museum, curator Gerard Krefft and taxidermist Henry Barnes began to experiment with photography in the 1860s, preparing and staging their specimens — from whales and giant sunfish to lifelike lyre bird scenes and fossils — and capturing them in thousands of beautiful and arresting images.

Capturing Nature reveals this fascinating visual archive for the first time, profiling the remarkable partnership of Krefft and Barnes, their innovative work and the Australian Museum’s urgent quest to become more scientific in its practices.

Vanessa Finney is a curator, historian and archivist with a special interest in natural history in colonial Australia. At the Australian Museum she manages the country’s oldest and largest natural history archives and rare books collection. She is the author of Transformations: Harriet and Helena Scott, Colonial Sydney’s Finest Natural History Painters (NewSouth December 2018).

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Illustrations
Verlagsort Sydney, NSW
Sprache englisch
Maße 200 x 260 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Fotokunst
Reiseführer Australien / Neuseeland / Ozeanien Australien
ISBN-10 1-74223-620-0 / 1742236200
ISBN-13 978-1-74223-620-9 / 9781742236209
Zustand Neuware
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