An article appears in this week's New Scientist magazine about a new book called 'Darwin's Camera: Art and Photography in the Theory of Evolution ', by Phillip Prodger, published by Oxford University Press.

The review says:

"Darwin also collaborated extensively with Oscar Rejlander, a prominent photographer known for overlaying multiple images to produce composite prints. Rejlander tinkered less with the photographs he produced for Darwin, but many of them, including several self-portraits, were exquisitely contrived.

Such manipulations may seem at odds with Darwin's commitment to objective evidence, but expressions are as much in the beholder as the performer. For Darwin, photographs were useful support for his ideas, not stand-alone evidence."

It all suggests that this might be quite an interesting read.

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