Capturing Nature: Early Scientific Photography at the Australian Museum 1857-1893

Author: Vanessa Finney Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Trade Illustration Selection in the 2020 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show SHORTLISTED for Australian Book Design Awards 2020 Best Designed Nonfiction Book (inc. Scholarly and References) Highly Commended in the AAANZ Arts Writing and Publishing Awards, Best Medium Exhibition Catalogue category 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...Read more