| in the can. the stanley fowler archive, csiro |
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Between 1936 and 1947, Stanley Fowler made almost 13,000 aerial photographs of the Australian coast and waters.
The primary aim was to spot fish from the air for the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research). His work was to provide invaluable information for the emerging fishing industry.  exhibition catalogue Fowler's photographs form a unique social and natural history collection. His surveys detail Australia's then untouched marine resources. His work provided invaluable information for the emerging fishing industry on shoals of fish, their size and movements. Fowler's photographs continue to be applied to a wide variety of research. Many are also beautiful photographs. The exhibition was a key event of Science Week 2004. cultural connotations was engaged to
venues csiro discovery, canberra 27/8-10/9/2004 cultural connotations team annette welkamp image: catalogue © csiro, Anchor windlass on Seiner Barraconda, Jervis Bay, NSW May 25, 1940, LA17/19 design: swell group, canberra all the works by stanley fowler in the exhibition are the property of csiro archives, canberra |
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