Portrait of Peter McPhail
Date
1969
Sitter
Creator
Lary Shaffer (1947, American) , Photographer
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Dimensions
width (reversal film (colour slide)): 35mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Peter McPhail outside the base camp at Walney Island, Cumbria, England. He has the research group’s pet crows Nikon and Rolleiflex on his shoulders.
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.
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.
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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