Capturing nature: early scientific photography at the Australian Museum 1857- 1893.
Sydney: New South Books, 2019. Octavo, limp plastic, uncoloured photographs, text illustrations. 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..... More
