Historical past of the Photography Department

The Photography Department serves as an essential service to The Field Museum’s displays and analysis, and will increase the accessibility of the artifacts and specimens. The Photography Department offers a variety of photographic companies for Field Museum workers. Images captured by Field Museum photographers are deposited and cataloged within the Photo Archives, guaranteeing everlasting entry to researchers, historians, publishers and neighborhood scientists worldwide.
From glass plate negatives to digital information the images division has been a key half to The Field Museum for over 100 years. Since The Field Museum opened in 1894, there was a images division and workers photographers.  There have been roughly 20 photographers on workers in that point and solely 4 head photographers.

• Charles Carpenter was the primary official Head Photographer. He began in 1899 and retired in 1947. Through out his profession, he traveled on 2 main expeditions. Carpenter traveled to Arizona to {photograph} Hopi objects, and he traveled to the St. Louis World’s Fair, The Louisiana Purchase Exposition. He additionally photographed the transition of the museum from the previous constructing in Jackson Park that was a part of the World’s Columbian Exposition to its present constructing.
• John Bayalis, Carpenter’s assistant, took over as Head Photographer in 1949.
• In 1975 Bayalis retired and Ron Testa stepped in as Head Photographer. Besides photographing many objects and occasions Ron did go on two assignments to Egypt and Bloivia. He retired in 1989.
• The current Head Photographer, John Weinstein, took his place. John has been within the area, as soon as to Kenya and in addition to Wyoming. John has additionally been answerable for bringing the images division into the digital age.