Vanessa Finney
Captured
- ISBN 13:
- 9781742236209
- author:
- Vanessa Finney
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- NewSouth Publishing
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 192
- Dimensions:
- 25.91 x 20.32 x 1.78 centimetres
- Genre:
- Science, History, Travel,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Capturing Nature reveals the groundbreaking photographs taken at the Australian Museum between 1857 and 1893. Curators and taxidermists experimented with photography to document their specimens, resulting in thousands of arresting images.
The book also explores the museum's urgent quest to become more scientific in its practices during this period. This fascinating collection of photographs sheds new light on the early days of scientific photography.
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