Must See Video: Flake-y BeautyAn exhibition at St. Lawrence University's Brush Art Gallery highlights the life's work of a Vermont farmer. William Bentley photographed snow and ice, but not the snow drifts and icicles that first come to mind. Bentley photographed individual flakes and crystals. It was exacting and difficult work, aimed at revealing the unique details of each particle. Bentley mastered the work without the help of modern technology: his legacy of nearly 5000 images is stored on glass plate negatives, a technology that dates from the dawn of photography. In order to get his pictures, a microscope was an essential part of Bentley's tools. Bentley died in 1931. (Watch John Friot's story by clicking on the picture above.)
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