Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Wilson A. Bentley
Born: February 9, 1865
Died: December 23, 1931 (aged 66)
Bio: Wilson Alwyn "Snowflake" Bentley is one of the first known photographers 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.
Known for:
- Snow Crystals (1931)
- Bentley's Snowflakes
- Snowflakes in Photographs (1931)