Rarely has an artist led such a secret life as the photographer Frederick William Bond. His portfolio allows insights into his life and reveals small segments of his biography. The photographer became famous for his photography of animals. The first works can be placed in the years around 1910. Frederick William Bond was therefore born in the late 19th century. The art scenes of the world had renounced the competition between painting and photography and photography was accepted as a serious art form. The expressiveness and high quality of the animal portraits suggest that the artist had a subject-related, perhaps even academic education. Bond took the large number of animal photographs at the London Zoo. The animals in Northern Regent's Park in London were Frederick William Bond's preferred subject. For over twenty years, the photographer accompanied the animals and showed them in various interactions with people. The assumption suggests that the artist's life centered in London at the beginning of the 20th century.
The London Zoo was the first zoo to be called a zoological garden. A sign that the Zoological Society of London was not concerned with demonstrations of power and the display of captive animals. In the early years, admission to the zoo was restricted to professional visitors. By the time Bond captured the animals with his camera, the zoo was already accessible to the general public. Frederick Bond captured these moments in the interplay of people and animals. The photographer succeeds in achieving a fantastic sharpness. The play of light and shadow creates special contrasts and gives the photos depth and expression.
The technique of photography had great inventions to show in the early 20th century. Roll film was invented and made it possible to take series and snapshots. A few years later the 35mm camera was developed. This gave the cameras a handy format and made it easier to take photos outdoors. The photographer no longer had to edit his pictures individually and time-consuming by hand. It was possible for the photographer to let the viewer see things that are hidden. Bond's photographs tell a story. The first steps of a lion cub and an alligator hatching from an egg are unique documents of contemporary history. Bond didn't just take pictures. He had the talent and patience to capture the shutter release and special moments at just the right moment. Frederick William Bond left behind a great photographic oeuvre, which, in addition to fantastic animal shots, is a masterpiece of photography.
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.jpg "A Kagu or Cagu displaying its crest feathers at London Zoo, June 1921 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "White-eared Opossum on a Branch in London Zoo, December 1918 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Tiger cub meets bear cub, 1914 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Young Orangutan Hugs a Tree Kangaroo at London Zoo in 1927 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Tigress")
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.jpg "A Young Black Howler Monkey Sits on a Man")
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.jpg "A Malagasy Giant Rat sits on the shoulder of its keeper, London Zoo, 1924 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Two young girls riding an ass, London Zoo, August 1922 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Hybrid Swan, Mute x Black, Swimming in a Pond at London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell with Ethiopian Regent Haile Selassie and his entourage, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Red-tailed/Black-cheeked White-nosed/Redtail Monkey or Schmidt")
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.jpg "An Asian Elephant Being Ridden by Two Ladies and a Young Girl, with a Keeper at Her Side, London Zoo, May 1914 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Veiled or Yemen Chameleon Holds on to the End of a Leafy Branch with Its Prehensile Tail, London Zoo, June 1924 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A baby American alligator emerging from its egg, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Tiger Sam at London Zoo, 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Young Gorilla")
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.jpg "A Female Hippopotamus,")
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.jpg "A Northern Cassowary at London Zoo, October 1914 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Fossa at London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Young Female African Pygmy Elephant Oojah Raising Her Trunk at London Zoo, August 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Crowned Eagle Perched at London Zoo, November 1923 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Three Indian Elephants Giving Visitor Rides at London Zoo, 1923 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Nine-banded Armadillo, or Nine-banded Long-nosed Armadillo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Harpy Eagle at London Zoo, April 1914 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Asian Elephant")
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.jpg "An Arabian Camel with Keeper being ridden by two children, a girl on its hump and a younger child on its neck, London Zoo, May 1914 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Two Alligators in a Panorama Setting, London Zoo (June 1927) by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Male European Bison Standing on the Grass in His Paddock, London Zoo, October 1927 (The Vulnerable European Bison Are Also Known as Wisent or European Wood Bison) by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Female Asian Elephant, Indiarani, Moving Timber with Her Trunk, While Her Keeper Sits on Her Back Directing Her, London Zoo, 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1054397).jpg "A male Lion resting in his enclosure at London Zoo in March 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Northern Crested Caracara at London Zoo, September 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Peregrine Falcon at London Zoo, January 1922 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Adult Black-footed Jackass African Penguin at London Zoo, September 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Female Asiatic Elephant Having Her Feet Trimmed by Her Keepers at London Zoo, August 1926 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Keeper Leslie Martin Flewin Cradles an Otter Pup in His Arms at London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Northern Lynx sitting on a rock, London Zoo, October 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Black-Crested Mangabey, Possibly Freckles, with His Handler, Taking Part in an Outside Broadcast from London Zoo, 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Chillingham bull at London Zoo, June 1917 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson")
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.jpg "The now extinct Tasmanian Tiger, or Thylacine by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Takin, also known as cattle chamois or gnu goat, in London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Bay Lynx at London Zoo, March 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Two Southern Elephant Seals in their pool at London Zoo, 20th April 1914 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Polar Bears")
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.jpg "A Maguari Stork Performing the Up-Down Display, London Zoo, July 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Young African Elephant with Its Trunk Raised on to Its Forehead, London Zoo, August 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A troop of Sacred Baboons among the rocks on")
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.jpg "A Young Female Giraffe Standing in Front of a Tree, in the Paddock Outside the Giraffe House, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "An Emerald Tree Boa with its body coiled along a branch, London Zoo, October 1928 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "An Endangered Grevy")
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.jpg "An albino Old World Monkey, genus Ceropithecus, being held at London Zoo, July 1922 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A 20 ft. Long Python Being Carried by Eleven Members of the Zoological Society Staff, London Zoo, 1924 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Gentoo Penguins with keeper Albert White, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Keeper Z. Rodwell holding young Orangutan at London Zoo, October 1913 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Ranji a Male Tigon, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Bearded Lizard with its mouth open, holding on to a branch, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Five year old Gorilla lying down, being comforted by a keeper by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Brown Bear Sitting Back and Holding its Hind Feet with its Paws, Mappin Terraces, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Tiger Sam at London Zoo in 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Monkey Hill Seen from the Top of the Mappin Terraces, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Bactrian Camel ride with keeper Harry Warwick at London Zoo, June 1924 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A young girl Betty holding an Eastern Indigo Snake, while sitting on a leather trunk, London Zoo, 1924 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Asian elephants alighting from a boat en route to London Zoo in 1927 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Spectacled or Andean Bear crosses a stream within its enclosure at London Zoo, July 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Elephant bathing by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Male Lion, Abdullah, yawns in his enclosure at London Zoo in 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "An Indian Rhinoceros in its Pool at London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A male Lady Amherst")
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.jpg "A Polar Bear Standing Tall on Its Hind Legs at the Edge of Its Enclosure on the Mappin Terraces, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Cheetah Sitting in Its Enclosure at London Zoo, October 1924 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Great Bustard displaying its feathers at London Zoo, May 1914 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Puma/Cougar/Mountain Lion lying in its enclosure at London Zoo in June 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Pair of Kagus Standing on the Floor of Their Enclosure at London Zoo, 1927 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Robber Crab, or Coconut Crab being held up by a keeper at London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Two Cowgirls posing on a Bactrian Camel held by its keeper, London Zoo, 1924 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "An Adult and Young Western Tree Hyrax Sitting on a Branch and Leaning Over to a Carrot Top Being Held for Them to Eat, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Polar Bear Sam resting on rocks at the Mappin Terraces, London Zoo, before 1930 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "An Eagle Owl being held by J. Bailey, Overseer of Birds at London Zoo for thirty years. June 1920 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Asian elephants, two adult and two young, with their keepers at London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Keeper Holds a Sloth Bear Cub at London Zoo, August 1921 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Keeper Charles Dixon with a playful cheetah at London Zoo, October 1922 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Newly Hatched Grooved or African Spurred Tortoise at London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Three Visitors, Including Two Young Girls, Riding in a Cart Pulled by a Llama, London Zoo, c.1912 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Giant Centipede Carefully Held Up by Its Keeper, London Zoo, 1923 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "An Endangered Grevy")
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.jpg "Thylacine Tasmanian Wolf at London Zoo, Before 1930 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "The King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, Visiting London Zoo in 1924 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A young Elephant Seal reaching backwards, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Shoebill or Whale-headed Stork at London Zoo, June 1914 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A crowd of onlookers stand by as a Rhinoceros is unloaded from a truck, by keepers, at London Zoo in 1924 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Water Spider and its air bell underwater, London Zoo, October 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Malay or Sun Bear cub sitting on a chair while being bottle fed by its keeper at London Zoo, 1920s by Frederick William Bond")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1054769).jpg "A Tuatara at London Zoo in 1928 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Arabian Bustard at London Zoo, 1924 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Burmese Elephant Standing Outside the Elephant House, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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