Portrait of Mike MacRoberts and Peter McPhail
Date
1969
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Creator
Lary Shaffer (1947, American) , Photographer
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width (reversal film (colour slide)): 35mm
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Description
Half-length portrait of Mike MacRoberts and Peter McPhail in the courtyard of the base camp at Walney Island, Cumbria, England. The pair stand to attention wearing military helmets and protective clothing in anticipation of their work in the gull colony.
One of a series of images taken or collected by Lary Shaffer for the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
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.
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.
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.
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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