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Two seagull chicks and an egg
Two seagull chicks and an egg

Two seagull chicks and an egg

Photographer (born 1935)
DateDecember 1979
Object numberANMS1457[954]
NamePhotographic slide
MediumColour transparency film, paper
DimensionsOverall (Inc carrier): 50 × 50 mm
Copyright© Valerie Taylor
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineAustralian National Maritime Museum Collection Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Valerie Taylor in memory of Ron Taylor
DescriptionThis photographic collection represents the career of filmmakers and ocean conservationists Valerie Taylor AM (born 1935) and her late husband Ron Taylor AM (1934-2012). The couple pioneered skin-diving, scuba diving and underwater photography and cinematography in Australia. Valerie was national spear fishing champion for three years in the 1960s, Ron for four years, however the couple soon stopped fishing and shifted focus to shark research, photography and film. They made chain mail diving suits to film sharks and became strong advocates for shark preservation. Ron and Valerie Taylor were committed to the documentation of a vast array of underwater wildlife. Through this archive a unique range of smaller creatures, such as ascidians, anemones, jellyfish, algae, starfish, plankton are shown. A variety of cephalopods are also depicted. In 1997 Valerie won the American Nature photographer of the Year for her photograph of a whale shark swimming with a boy in Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia. This archive features an impressive series of photographs of Valerie swimming with whale sharks off the coast of Western Australia.
Adelie penguin and two chicks
Valerie Taylor
February 1982
Gentoo penguin and two chicks
Valerie Taylor
February 1993
Gentoo penguin and two chicks
Valerie Taylor
February 1993
Gentoo penguin and two chicks
Valerie Taylor
1953-2000
Gentoo penguin with a chick and an egg
Valerie Taylor
February 1993
Gentoo penguin a chick and an egg
Valerie Taylor
February 1993
Colony of seagulls flying over the water
Valerie Taylor
December 1983
Pelicans and seagulls
Valerie Taylor
July 1979
Newly hatched heron and egg
Valerie Taylor
December 1979
Gentoo penguin feeding chick
Valerie Taylor
February 1993
Gentoo penguin feeding chick
Valerie Taylor
February 1993
A fairy penguin chick
Valerie Taylor
February 1981