Group portrait of Gill Thompson, Peter McPhail and Mike and Barbara MacRoberts
Date
1969
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Creator
Lary Shaffer (1947, American) , Photographer
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Dimensions
width (reversal film (colour slide)): 35mm
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Description
Full length group portrait of Gill Thompson, Peter McPhail and Mike and Barbara MacRoberts walking over grassland near Walney Island, Cumbria, England. They walk towards the camera with gulls surrounding them, a ship’s mast can be seen behind the sand dunes on the left.
One of a series of images taken or collected by Lary Saffer for the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Gill Thomas, British ethologist.
Peter McPhail, field assistant to the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Michael H MacRoberts, animal behaviourist and research officer to the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Barbara MacRoberts, botanist, animal behaviourist and research officer to the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Lary Shaffer (b.1947) American animal behaviourist and photographer, studied under Niko Tinbergen for his doctorate in zoology and acted as a natural history cameraman for BBC and other projects, 1968-1976.
One of a series of images taken or collected by Lary Saffer for the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Gill Thomas, British ethologist.
Peter McPhail, field assistant to the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Michael H MacRoberts, animal behaviourist and research officer to the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Barbara MacRoberts, botanist, animal behaviourist and research officer to the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Lary Shaffer (b.1947) American animal behaviourist and photographer, studied under Niko Tinbergen for his doctorate in zoology and acted as a natural history cameraman for BBC and other projects, 1968-1976.
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