Portrait of Niko Tinbergen and Hugh Falkus
Date
ca.1970
Sitter
Creator
Lary Shaffer (1947, American) , Photographer
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Dimensions
width (reversal film (colour slide)): 35mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Niko Tinbergen and Hugh Falkus on the beach at Ravenglass, Cumbria, England. Falkus stands in right profile wearing a flat cap while Tinbergen stand face on and has a SLR camera around his neck.
One of a series of images taken or collected by Lary Shaffer for the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Nikolaas Tinbergen, (1907–1988), Dutch authority on animal behaviour and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1973, with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1962.
Hugh Falkus (1917-1996) British filmmaker, collaborated with Tinbergen on the film Signals for Survival, 1969.
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.
Nikolaas Tinbergen, (1907–1988), Dutch authority on animal behaviour and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1973, with Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1962.
Hugh Falkus (1917-1996) British filmmaker, collaborated with Tinbergen on the film Signals for Survival, 1969.
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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