A Short History of Bird Photography

Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 7:00 PM
A Short History of Bird Photography
Tim Wallace

Some of the earliest bird photographs were taken in the late 19th century and the early 20th centuries. As Frank Chapman, a pioneering ornithologist, said, “As a one-time sportsman… I can affirm that there is a fascination about the hunting of wild animals with a camera [that is] far ahead of the pleasure to be had from their pursuit with shotgun or rifle.” Tim Wallace will share with us a presentation of early 20th-century bird photographs and anecdotes from the photographers who took them. Tim is a skilled photographer himself who became fascinated by this topic after discovering some old books on the subject.

This will be a zoom presentation. Details and a link to the presentation will be sent out to our eblast list. If you are not already on the list, you can get on it here.