Portrait of Barbara MacRoberts
Date
1969
Sitter
Creator
Lary Shaffer (1947, American) , Photographer
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Dimensions
width (reversal film (colour slide)): 35mm
Subject
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Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Barbara MacRoberts in right profile. The research group’s pet crow, Nikon or Rolleiflex, is perched on her right shoulder and obscuring her face. Taken on the beach at Walney Island, Cumbria, England.
One of a series of images taken or collected by Lary Saffer for the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Barbara MacRoberts, botanist, 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 Saffer for the Oxford Animal Behaviour Research Group.
Barbara MacRoberts, botanist, 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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