Stephen Dalton (photographer)

For the ex-Royal Air Force Chief Marshal, see Stephen Dalton.
Stephen Dalton
Born 1937 (age 78–79)
Residence Sussex
Nationality British
Fields Nature Photography

Stephen Dalton (born 1937), is an English wildlife photographer, conservationist and author.

Photography career

Dalton’s work first became recognised during the early 1970s.[1] What attracted the attention of the photographers, biologists and the wider public, were his photographs that showed for the first time insects captured in free flight.[2]

His work was described by Popular Photography thus: "His achievement is a landmark event in the annals of nature photography . . . both Muybridge and Dalton showed the world what no man had ever done before", and by Leaders Magazine, New York: "His majestic work has contributed significantly to the awareness, beauty and purpose in the world".

Taken on ISO 25 Kodachrome film, the photographs were in critical detail and full colour, revealing to the world what insects looked like in full flight. High-speed nature photography has been his trademark ever since.

Dalton’s work first became widely known after the publication in 1975 of Borne on the Wind, about the extraordinary world of insect flight which was published worldwide in several languages. This was followed by a number of television appearances that during 1978 culminated in a one-hour BBC documentary in the popular The World About Us series which demonstrated how his specialized photography was carried out.

Since then Dalton has used his techniques to capture the too rapid to be seen activities of a wide variety of animals which at that time had never or rarely been observed, such as basilisk lizards running on the surface of water, swallows drinking on the wing and striking snakes.

Dalton’s most enduring image is on board NASA’s Voyager Spacecraft – a photograph of an insect in flight to accompany other works of art. These records were designed to last one billion years or more and are part of records conveying something of the science and culture of mankind to possible extraterrestrial beings.

Now Dalton lives in the southeast of England on a small farm with his wife, also a trained entomologist and photographer, where he encourages wildlife in all its forms. There are four children.

Bibliography

Exhibitions

Exhibitions of Dalton’s work have been hung in several venues including:

Awards & Honours

Articles & Profiles

Numerous articles, biographical profiles and reviews in British, European and USA magazines including National Geographic, Airone, Country Life, GEO, BBC Wildlife, Canon Professional Network,[3] Audubon Magazine, International Wildlife, Reader's Digest, Radio Times, New Scientist, National Newspapers (including the Daily Telegraph[4] and Daily Mail)[5] and over ten full feature reviews in national colour supplements.

References

  1. ↑ "Stephen Dalton's Macrobatics". Practical Photography. March 1983.
  2. ↑ "Dalton's World". Audubon Magazine 102 (4). August 2000.
  3. ↑ "Canon Professional Network - Stephen Dalton: The wildlife maestro".
  4. ↑ "Home-made camera captures moments of nature". The Daily Telegraph (London). 27 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "How photographer used 50-year-old kit to capture spectacular nature images on film". London. 27 October 2010.

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