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The Martin and Osa Johnson Safari
Museum
has received an unprecedented collection of over 2000 photographs and
personal archives of Elizabeth Main Le Blond (1861-1934). Le Blond
was an author and mountain climber
who is also in contention for the title of the world’s first female
filmmaker. Le Blond was climbing mountains in Victorian skirts and
shooting her extraordinary photographs of stunningly scenic glacial landscapes before
Ansel Adams was born, and she is credited with producing the very first
sports films, covering the fields of hockey,
bicycling, tobogganing
and bobsleighing.
The
collection is being processed now and an exhibition of the photos will be
announced at a future date. Below are a few examples of the photographs
in this collection, with more information to be added after the collection is
fully processed.
Elizabeth Main Le Blond
Le Blond Party on Piz Corvatsch July 1889
Piz Palu from Piz Cambrena, September 1889
Le Blond Party March 1890
Disgrazia, March1890
Disgrazia from below Tremoggia Pass, 1889
From Disgrazia, 1890
Elizabeth Le Blond with members of her Bicycle Tour Group, 1896
Boats photographed during 1896 bicycle tour of Switzerland, Italy, France, and Britain
Rest break on 1896 Photographic bicycle tour of Switzerland, Italy, France, and Britain
Toboganning (Photo by Captain Bligh)
Elizabeth Main Le Blond playing
Hockey 1890 (Photo by Mr. Cunard)
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