Portrait of Lary Shaffer
Date
1974
Sitter
Lary Shaffer (1947, American) , Zoologist
Creator
Unknown, Photographer
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
width (reversal film (colour slide)): 35mm
Subject
Description
Full-length portrait of Lary Shaffer filming sea birds on the cliffs of Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire. Seated on the grassy slopes and operating a cine-camera with a long-focus lens. A colony of gulls on the cliff face in the background.
One of a series of images taken or collected by Lary Shaffer for the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group. Documenting the trip to Skomer Island to film 'Cliff Dwellers'.
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 Shaffer for the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group. Documenting the trip to Skomer Island to film 'Cliff Dwellers'.
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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