Capturing nature : early scientific photography at the Australian Museum 1857-1893
Finney, Vanessa2019
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The groundbreaking scientific photographs of Australian Museum curator Gerard Krefft and taxidermist Henry Barnes are revealed for the first time. In the mid-nineteenth century, scientists around the world were quick to see photography's 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 the revolutionary new art form, preparing and staging their specimens from whales and giant sunfish to lifelike lyre bird scenes and fossils and documenting them in thousands of arresting images. Capturing Nature reveals these groundbreaking photographs for the first time, along with the Australian Museum's urgent quest to become more scientific in its practices.
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Author:
Finney, VanessaMcKay, Kim, author of introduction
Imprint:
Sydney : NewSouth Publishing, 2019.©2019.
Collation:
v, 199 pages : illustrations, portraits, photographs ; 27 cm.
Notes:
Published in association with the Australian Museum in conjunction with the exhibition Capturing Nature: Early scientific photography 1857-1893.Includes bibliographical references (pages188-194) and index.
ISBN:
9781742236209 (paperback)
Dewey class:
508.074
Language:
English
Subject:
Krefft, Gerard, 1830-1881Barnes, Henry, -1904Australian Museum -- History -- ExhibitionsAustralian Museum -- Art collectionsZoological specimens -- Australia -- Pictorial worksPhotography, Biological -- ExhibitionsPhotography, Biological -- Pictorial worksNatural history museums -- New South Wales -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Exhibitions -- History -- 19th centuryPhotography -- Scientific applications -- ExhibitionsWildlife photography -- Australia -- ExhibitionsZoological specimens -- Australia -- ExhibitionsScience museums -- New South Wales -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial worksMuseum exhibits -- New South Wales -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- 19th centuryPhotography -- New South Wales -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- 19th centuryNature photography -- New South Wales -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- 19th centuryNature photography -- Australia -- ExhibitionsNatural history -- Australia
BRN:
365353
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