Books · 02-09-2014

Wilson Bentley was born in the season of winter, and snow, specifically snowflakes, became his passion. A self-educated farmer, from rural Jericho, Vermont, "Snowflake" Bentley became the first person to photograph a snowflake on glass plate in 1885. His innovative process involved capturing snowflakes on black velvet and photographing the image via a camera connected to a microscope. During his lifetime, Bentley amassed over 5,000 snowflake photographs! These images are so beautiful, his book...