Snowflakes in Photographs

For almost a century, W. A. Bentley caught and photographed thousands of
snowflakes in his workshop at Jericho, Vermont, and made available to
scientists and art instructors samples of his remarkable work. His
painstakingly prepared images were remarkable revelations of nature’s
diversity in uniformity: no two snowflakes are exactly alike, but all are
based on a common hexagon.

In 1931, the American Meteorological Society gathered the best of Bentley’s
photos and had them published; that work has long been available in a Dover
reprint edition. The present volume includes a selection of 72 of the best
plates (containing over 850 royalty-free, black-and-white photographs),
carefully selected from that larger collection.

An inexhaustible source of design inspiration for artists, designers, and
craftspeople, these graceful patterns are ideal for use in textile and
wallpaper design, as well as a host of other creative projects. These images
will also appeal to anyone intrigued by the intricacy and beauty of design in
the natural world.

72 pages,‎
20.2 x 0.5 x 26 cm