Portrait of Mike and Barbara MacRoberts
Date
1969
Sitter
Creator
Lary Shaffer (1947, American) , Photographer
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Material
Dimensions
width (reversal film (colour slide)): 35mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Barbara and Mike MacRoberts on the beach at Walney Island, Cumbria, England. The pair face each other and Barbara has the research group’s pet crows Nikon and Rolleiflex perched on her right shoulder and left arm.
One of a series of images taken or collected by Lary Shaffer for the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Barbara MacRoberts, botanist, animal behaviourist and research officer to the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Michael H MacRoberts, 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 Shaffer for the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Barbara MacRoberts, botanist, animal behaviourist and research officer to the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Michael H MacRoberts, 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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