Richard and Cherry Kearton taking a photograph of a bird's nest
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Society Kearton, Richard (1862-1928); Kearton, Cherry
(1871-1940) A photograph showing Cherry Kearton standing on his
brother Richard’s shoulders to take a picture of a bird’s nest,
1900. The brothers were pioneers of wildlife photography and in
1892 took the first ever photograph of a bird’s nest with eggs.
In 1899 they published 'With Nature and a Camera' illustrated
with 160 photographs. Richard went on to develop the
photographic hide, after a series of experiments one of which
involved hiding in a stuffed ox in order to obtain better
pictures.