Early Photography: Snowflakes – Wilson Alwyn Bentley

Posted on the 22 December 2020 by Cendrinemedia @cendrinemedia

Sharing the most fascinating daguerreotypes, tintypes, etc. I can find on the web!

Title (from left to right): Snowflake 10, Snowflake 990, Snowflake 482

Date: c.1890

Photographer: Wilson 'Snowflake' Alwyn Bentley (1865-1931)

Note: American meteorologist and photographer Snowflake Bentley was a pioneer in snowflake photomicrography. He successfully captured his first snow crystal at the age of 19 by using a feather, a microscope and a camera.

Process: photomicrography, digitally enhanced

Source and information: Rawpixel

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