Wilson Bentley
Wilson Alwyn "Snowflake" Bentley (9 de fevereiro, 1865 – 23 de dezembro, 1931), nascido em Jericho, Vermont, foi um dos mais conhecidos fotógrafos de flocos de neve.[1] Ele desenvolveu um processo de capturar as partículas em um veludo negro de forma que conseguisse fortografá-las antes de elas derreterem.

Fotos de flocos de neve por Wilson Bentley, circa 1902

Fotografia de 1890

Bentley durante seu trabalho.
Ele nasceu em 9 de fevereiro de 1865.[2]
Ele conseguiu uma captura de 5.000 imagens de cristais de gelo durante a sua vida.[3] [4][5]
Ver também
Referências
- Probably the absolutely first photographer of snowflakes was Dr. Johann Heinrich Flögel (1834-1918) from Ahrensburg, Germany in 1879: http://www.shz.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/artikeldetail/article/111/wem-gehoert-die-erste-foto-flocke.html Arquivado em 27 de fevereiro de 2012, no Wayback Machine.
- Hannavy, John (2007). Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography. 1. [S.l.]: CRC Press. p. 149. ISBN 0-415-97235-3
- Vermont First List http://www.lcbmetalsandglass.com/oneslist.htm Arquivado em 26 de abril de 2012, no Wayback Machine.
- «Bentley Snow Crystal Collection of the Buffalo Museum of Science: Other Resources». Consultado em 19 de junho de 2007. Arquivado do original em 7 de junho de 2007
- "Historic Bentley snowflake photos for sale in US", BBC News, 22 January 2010
- [JHS] Wilson Snowflake Bentley – Photographer of Snowflakes (Jericho Historical Society, 2004). Retrieved July 26, 2005.
- Martin, Jacqueline Briggs; Illustrated by Mary Azarian. Snowflake Bentley (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1998) ISBN 0-395-86162-4.
- Moreno, Fred. 'Wilson Bentley: The Man Who Studied Snowflakes', Update (New York: New York Academy of Sciences, June/July/August 2005) pp. 8-9.
Bibliografia
- Thompson, Jean M., Illustrated by Bentley, Wilson A. Water Wonders Every Child Should Know (Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co. 1913)
- Bentley, Wilson A. The Guide to Nature (1922)
- Bentley, Wilson A. 'The Magic Beauty of Snow and Dew', National Geographic (January 1923)
- Bentley, Wilson A.; Humphreys, William J. Snow Crystals (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1931)
- Bentley, Wilson A. "Snow", Encyclopædia Britannica: Vol. 20 (14th ed., 1936; pp. 854–856)
- Knight, N. (1988) "No two alike?" Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 69(5):496
Literatura
- Blanchard, Duncan. The Snowflake Man, A Biography of Wilson A. Bentley," (Blacksburg, VA: McDonald and Woodward, 1998) ISBN 0-939923-71-8.
- Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. "Snowflake Bentley," (New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998) ISBN 0-395-86162-4 (a children's biography of 'Willie' Bentley illustrated with woodcuts hand tinted with watercolors by Mary Azarian. Awarded the Caldecott Medal.)
- Stoddard, Gloria May. "Snowflake Bentley: Man of Science, Man of God." (Shelburne, VT: New England Press, 1985) ISBN 0-933050-31-3 (Originally published in 1979 by Concordia Publishing House, ISBN 0-570-03620-8).
Ligações externas
- Snowflake Bentley.com
- Bentley Snow Crystal Collection of the Buffalo Museum of Science
- Obras de ou sobre Wilson Bentley (em inglês) nas bibliotecas do catálogo WorldCat
- Inventory of Wilson A. Bentley Photographs, Special Collections, University of Vermont Library
- Inventory of Wilson A. Bentley Photographs, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Smithsonian Photography Initiative, click! photography changes everything project story on Wilson A. Bentley
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