Capturing Nature | Early scientific photography at the Australian Museum 1857-1893 AM Prints from Queensland to South Australia

from Queensland to South Australia

plus a colour photograph and distribution map of each frog

Size: 130x35x35mm

made of recyucled plastic water bottles

Capturing Nature | Early scientific photography at the Australian Museum 1857-1893 AM Prints from Queensland to South AustraliaIn the mid 19th 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