GEORGE SHIRAS

Though sometimes dubbed the first wildlife photographer, George Shiras is not a prominent name in the history of photography. While his photos were shown at the Paris World Fair of 1900, Shiras--also a lawyer and politician--did not consider himself an artist/ his goal was, above all, to document wildlife from the pre-environmental perspective to which he dedicated his life. In 1893, Shiras pe rfected the procedure of nocturnal flash photography in various regions of the US and Canada. This gorgeous hardcover compiles his p rescient ...[Read more]