WILSON BENTLEY
1865-1931 (AMERICA)

BIOGRAPHY
An entrepreneurial Vermont farmer and micro-pioneer, Wilson Snowflake Bentley dedicated his life's work to photographing a five-thousand strong army of eternalised snow crystals.

It was the scientific abstractions of this pioneering image-maker which led to a greater understanding of the uniqueness, importance and beauty of this natural form. Yet Bentley was far more than a passionate hobbyist. He was an adventurer who realised the potential of microphotography and used it to capture the impossible individuality of each and every snowflake.

Now, over a hundred years later, Bentley's achievements are finally gaining traction not only as science, but as art. He was celebrated with a showcase in THE KEEPER - an exhibition dedicated to the collecting and hoarding at the New Museum in New York (20.07.16 - 02.10.16) and also featured in the first significant show of Bentley in the UK at The Gallery of Everything.