Richard KeartonFZS, 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.
The Keartons photographing a bird's nest, 1890s. Cherry is on Richard's shoulders.
Richard and Cherry were born in the village of Thwaite, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, the second and fourth sons of parents Mary and John Kearton. Their father was a yeoman farmer. The brothers were educated in Muker and Richard was a farmer in Swaledale, Yorkshire, until 1882, then manager of a publicity department at the publishing house Cassell & Co. until 1898. He married Ellen Rose Cowdrey in 1889 and had three sons and two daughters.[2]
Cherry married Mary Burwood Coates in 1900, with whom he had a son, named Edward Cherry, and a daughter, Mary Nina, known as Nina. They divorced in 1920, and he married Ada Forrest, a South African soprano, in 1923. He died in 1940. The Royal Geographical Society's Cherry Kearton Medal and Award was created in his honour.[3]
Photographyedit
Cherry Kearton specialised in animal photography, having taken the first ever photograph of a bird's nest with eggs in 1892. In the summer of 1896 he and his brother, a naturalist, reached the Outer Hebridean islands of St Kilda and many other remote places. In 1898 their famous book, With Nature and a Camera, illustrated by 160 photographs, was published in London by Cassell. Cherry Kearton contributed photographs to seventeen of Richard Kearton's books, and wrote and illustrated a further seventeen titles of his own. He made the first phonograph recording of birds (a nightingale and a song thrush) singing in the wild in 1900; took the first film of London from the air in 1908, and the first footage of hostilities in the First World War at Antwerp in 1914. Cherry and Richard Kearton are perhaps best remembered for the development of naturalistic photographic hides, including the hollow ox of 1900 and the stuffed sheep of 1901.[4][5]
Filmsedit
Cherry Kearton filming with aeroscope
Cherry and Richard Kearton shot a number of 'shorts' of birds and animals for Charles Urban in the years 1905–1908. From 1909, Cherry moved into the field of wildlife documentary film making, shot on visits to Africa, India, Borneo, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. He directed more than thirty films for his film companies Cherry Kearton Ltd and Cherry Kearton Films Ltd.,[4] including the following:
Dassan: An adventure in search of laughter, featuring nature’s greatest little comedians (1930)
The Big Game of Life (1935)
In the beginning, Kearton used a clumsy Kinemascope film camera on tripod, but around 1911 he switched to Aeroscope camera, which led to superior results for this light, one-hand-operated equipment was better suited to wildlife cinematography.[6]
Kearton, Richard. 1898. Wild Life at Home How to Study and Photograph it. Cassell, London
Kearton, Richard. 1901. Strange Adventures in Dicky-Bird Land, Cassell, London
Kearton, Richard. 1907. The Fairyland of Living Things. Cassell, London
Kearton, Richard. 1911. The adventures of jack Rabbit. Cassell, London
Kearton, Richard. 1912. Baby birds at home. Cassell, London
Crane, Walter; Kearton, Richard; Kearton, Cherry; English, Douglas; Ward, John J.; Lockyer, J.S.; Irving, Henry; Fitzgerald, H. Purefoy. 1912. The Nature Book - A Popular Description by Pen and Camera of the Delights and Beauties of the Open Air. Profusely illustrated with Photographs and numerous coloured plates by famous artists. Cassell and Company, London.
Kearton, Richard. 1913. Our bird friends. Cassell, London
Kearton, Cherry. 1913. Photographing Wild Life Across The World. J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd.
Kearton, Cherry and James Barnes. 1915. Through Central Africa from East to West. London: Cassell and Company.
Kearton, Richard. 1922. Wild Nature's Ways Cassell and Company, Limited, London
Kearton, Richard. 1926. A Naturalist's Pilgrimage
Kearton,Cherry. 1926. My friend Toto. Arrowsmith, London
Kearton,Cherry. 1926. My dog Simba. Arrowsmith, London
Kearton, Cherry. 1929. My animal friendships;: The adventures of Timmy the rat, Chuey the cheetah, Robin Parker the mongoose, Mr. Penguin, Jane the elephant, and Mrs. Spider. Dodd, Mead and Company.
Kearton, Cherry. 1929. In the land of the lion. NY: National Travel Book Club.
Kearton, Cherry. 1931. The island of Penguins. Robert M. McBride & Co., New York: 1931.
Kearton, Cherry. 1932. The animals came to drink. Longmans, Green & Co.
Kearton, Cherry. 1934. The Lion's Roar. Longmans, London.
Sourcesedit
Kearton's Wildlife, part of the series Nation on FilmBBC Two, 26 February 2007
Bevis, John (2007). Direct From Nature: The Photographic Work of Richard & Cherry Kearton. Colin Sackett. ISBN978-0953704866.
Mitchell, W. R. (2001). Watch the Birdie: The Life and Times of Richard and Cherry Kearton, Pioneers of Nature Photography. Settle: Castleberg. ISBN1871064341.
Referencesedit
^Guggisberg, C. A. W. (1977). Early Wildlife Photographers. New York: Taplinger Publishing Co. ISBN0800823524.
^Who's Who. London: A. & C. Black & Co. 1919. pp. 1847-1848.
^(PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
^ abBevis, John (2007) Direct From Nature: The Photographic Work of Richard & Cherry Kearton, Colin Sackett.
^Vidal, John (4 December 2021). "The first man to hunt wildlife with a camera, not a rifle". The Guardian.
^Palle B. Petterson (12 August 2011). Cameras into the Wild: A History of Early Wildlife and Expedition Filmmaking. ISBN9780786485956.
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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 The Keartons photographing a bird s nest 1890s Cherry is on Richard s shoulders Contents 1 Biographies 2 Photography 3 Films 4 Books 5 Sources 6 References 7 External linksBiographies editRichard and Cherry were born in the village of Thwaite North Riding of Yorkshire England the second and fourth sons of parents Mary and John Kearton Their father was a yeoman farmer The brothers were educated in Muker and Richard was a farmer in Swaledale Yorkshire until 1882 then manager of a publicity department at the publishing house Cassell amp Co until 1898 He married Ellen Rose Cowdrey in 1889 and had three sons and two daughters 2 Cherry married Mary Burwood Coates in 1900 with whom he had a son named Edward Cherry and a daughter Mary Nina known as Nina They divorced in 1920 and he married Ada Forrest a South African soprano in 1923 He died in 1940 The Royal Geographical Society s Cherry Kearton Medal and Award was created in his honour 3 Photography editCherry Kearton specialised in animal photography having taken the first ever photograph of a bird s nest with eggs in 1892 In the summer of 1896 he and his brother a naturalist reached the Outer Hebridean islands of St Kilda and many other remote places In 1898 their famous book With Nature and a Camera illustrated by 160 photographs was published in London by Cassell Cherry Kearton contributed photographs to seventeen of Richard Kearton s books and wrote and illustrated a further seventeen titles of his own He made the first phonograph recording of birds a nightingale and a song thrush singing in the wild in 1900 took the first film of London from the air in 1908 and the first footage of hostilities in the First World War at Antwerp in 1914 Cherry and Richard Kearton are perhaps best remembered for the development of naturalistic photographic hides including the hollow ox of 1900 and the stuffed sheep of 1901 4 5 Films edit nbsp Cherry Kearton filming with aeroscopeCherry and Richard Kearton shot a number of shorts of birds and animals for Charles Urban in the years 1905 1908 From 1909 Cherry moved into the field of wildlife documentary film making shot on visits to Africa India Borneo the US Canada Australia and New Zealand He directed more than thirty films for his film companies Cherry Kearton Ltd and Cherry Kearton Films Ltd 4 including the following A Primitive Man s Career to Civilization 1911 Roosevelt in Africa 1910 Lassoing Wild Animals in Africa 1910 Wild Life Across the World 1923 With Cherry Kearton in the Jungle 1927 Dassan An adventure in search of laughter featuring nature s greatest little comedians 1930 The Big Game of Life 1935 In the beginning Kearton used a clumsy Kinemascope film camera on tripod but around 1911 he switched to Aeroscope camera which led to superior results for this light one hand operated equipment was better suited to wildlife cinematography 6 Books editKearton Richard Kearton Cherry 1898 With nature and a camera being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer Cassell Kearton Richard 1898 Wild Life at Home How to Study and Photograph it Cassell London Kearton Richard 1901 Strange Adventures in Dicky Bird Land Cassell London Kearton Richard 1907 The Fairyland of Living Things Cassell London Kearton Richard 1911 The adventures of jack Rabbit Cassell London Kearton Richard 1912 Baby birds at home Cassell London Crane Walter Kearton Richard Kearton Cherry English Douglas Ward John J Lockyer J S Irving Henry Fitzgerald H Purefoy 1912 The Nature Book A Popular Description by Pen and Camera of the Delights and Beauties of the Open Air Profusely illustrated with Photographs and numerous coloured plates by famous artists Cassell and Company London Kearton Richard 1913 Our bird friends Cassell London Kearton Cherry 1913 Photographing Wild Life Across The World J W Arrowsmith Ltd Kearton Cherry and James Barnes 1915 Through Central Africa from East to West London Cassell and Company Kearton Richard 1922 Wild Nature s Ways Cassell and Company Limited London Kearton Richard 1926 A Naturalist s Pilgrimage Kearton Cherry 1926 My friend Toto Arrowsmith London Kearton Cherry 1926 My dog Simba Arrowsmith London Kearton Cherry 1929 My animal friendships The adventures of Timmy the rat Chuey the cheetah Robin Parker the mongoose Mr Penguin Jane the elephant and Mrs Spider Dodd Mead and Company Kearton Cherry 1929 In the land of the lion NY National Travel Book Club Kearton Cherry 1931 The island of Penguins Robert M McBride amp Co New York 1931 Kearton Cherry 1932 The animals came to drink Longmans Green amp Co Kearton Cherry 1934 The Lion s Roar Longmans London Sources editKearton s Wildlife part of the series Nation on Film BBC Two 26 February 2007 Bevis John 2007 Direct From Nature The Photographic Work of Richard amp Cherry Kearton Colin Sackett ISBN 978 0953704866 Mitchell W R 2001 Watch the Birdie The Life and Times of Richard and Cherry Kearton Pioneers of Nature Photography Settle Castleberg ISBN 1871064341 References edit Guggisberg C A W 1977 Early Wildlife Photographers New York Taplinger Publishing Co ISBN 0800823524 Who s Who London A amp C Black amp Co 1919 pp 1847 1848 Medals and Awards PDF Royal Geographical Society Archived from the original PDF on 2 October 2013 Retrieved 28 September 2013 a b Bevis John 2007 Direct From Nature The Photographic Work of Richard amp Cherry Kearton Colin Sackett Vidal John 4 December 2021 The first man to hunt wildlife with a camera not a rifle The Guardian Palle B Petterson 12 August 2011 Cameras into the Wild A History of Early Wildlife and Expedition Filmmaking ISBN 9780786485956 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Richard Kearton nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cherry Kearton Cherry Kearton at IMDb Works by or about Richard Kearton at Internet Archive Works by or about Cherry Kearton at Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard and Cherry Kearton amp oldid 1183042987, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
