(Babboon walking, Eadweard Muybridge 1872-85; Frog x-rays, Josef Maria Eder and Eduard Valentia c.1896; Regent's Park Hippo,
Don Juan Carlos, Count of Montizón 1852). The exhibition was really wonderful. One of my favourite discoveries is that long exposure times meant it was really difficult to capture animals--and so many photos were staged with stuffed animals. There was a beautiful picture in the exhibition of some natives hunting a boar (I think), and they are poised with their spears over an animal that is very obviously stuffed. I will go back the next time I'm down and I'll report more - it's a really beautiful exhibition. Some pictures are online
here.
(Babboon walking, Eadweard Muybridge 1872-85; Frog x-rays, Josef Maria Eder and Eduard Valentia c.1896; Regent's Park Hippo, Don Juan Carlos, Count of Montizón 1852). The exhibition was really wonderful. One of my favourite discoveries is that long exposure times meant it was really difficult to capture animals--and so many photos were staged with stuffed animals. There was a beautiful picture in the exhibition of some natives hunting a boar (I think), and they are poised with their spears over an animal that is very obviously stuffed. I will go back the next time I'm down and I'll report more - it's a really beautiful exhibition. Some pictures are online here.
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