Masters of Photography - Wilson ’Snowflake’ Bentley

The Jericho Historical Society The Buffalo Museum of Science (biography): The Buffalo Museum of Science (photography Process): :Wilson_Bentley_Snow_Crystals ------------------ Wilson Alwyn “Snowflake“ Bentley (February 7, 1865 - December 23, 1931), born at Jericho in the U.S. state of Vermont, is the first known photographer of snowflakes. He perfected a process of catching flakes on black velvet in such a way that their images could be captured before they either melted or sublimated. He first became interested in snow crystals as a teenager on his family farm. He tried to draw what he saw through an old micr