Richard and Cherry Kearton

The Keartons photographing a bird's nest, 1890s. Cherry is on Richard's shoulders.

Richard Kearton FZS, FRPS (2 January 1862 – 8 February 1928) and Cherry Kearton (8 July 1871 – 27 September 1940), brothers, were a pair of British naturalists and some of the world's earliest wildlife photographers. They developed innovative methods to photograph animals in the wild and, in 1895, published the first natural history book to be entirely illustrated by wild photographs.[1]: 21  Richard was made a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and Royal Photographic Society. Cherry later became a wildlife and news filmmaker, and friend to Theodore Roosevelt. The Royal Geographical Society created the Cherry Kearton Medal and Award in his honour.

  1. ^ Guggisberg, C. A. W. (1977). Early Wildlife Photographers. New York: Taplinger Publishing Co. ISBN 0800823524.