Wilson Bentley’s Snowflake Photographs

Posted on | January 4, 2009 | 5 Comments

Wilson Bentley was the first person to succesfully photograph a snowflake in 1885. He went on the create more then 5,000 individual photographs of this amazing and delicate subject. To capture the image Bentley fitted a bellows camera with a compound microscope. His work is currently on display at the Jericho Historical Society in Jericho Village, Vermont.

Category: artist, photography

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5 Responses to “Wilson Bentley’s Snowflake Photographs”

kelly
January 5th, 2009 @ 11:56 am

Simply gorgeous!
Elizabeth
January 6th, 2009 @ 5:25 pm

I've been there. My aunt lives in northern Vermont one town over from Jericho, and the photographs really are amazing.

There is also a company in northern Vermont, Danforth Pewter, that I believe creates, or used to, pewter snowflake ornaments based on Bentley's photos. However, I think they may only sell those locally, because they don't seem to be available via their website.
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December 1st, 2009 @ 6:24 pm

[...] I just had to see some, so I googled it. I am amazed at the different pictures of ACTUAL snowflakes It amazes me that God would take time to design a process that would produce such uniqueness in [...]
rose
January 3rd, 2010 @ 1:05 pm

Is this an actual collage for purchase? or did you cut and paste from something? I am a teacher and would love to purchase this collage.
Katy Elliott
January 3rd, 2010 @ 1:08 pm

Rose,
If you click on the link below you can learn more about the snowflakes. Some of the images are for sale on their site.

http://snowflakebentley.com/