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 "Tiger cub meets bear cub, 1914 by Frederick William Bond")
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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 "A Young Orangutan Hugs a Tree Kangaroo at London Zoo in 1927 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "The now extinct Tasmanian Tiger, or Thylacine by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Female Grevy")
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.jpg "An albino Old World Monkey wearing a sweater at London Zoo in July 1922 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Indian Spectacled Asian Binocellate Cobra with Raised Head and Flared Hood, London Zoo, October 1925 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 "Brown x Black Bear Cub Aged 6 Weeks, Chewing on the Finger of the Keeper who is Holding It, at London Zoo, February 1920 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Galago moholi, or Mohol bushbaby at London Zoo, 12th September 1913 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 "A female Surinam Toad with her eggs embedded in the skin of her back, London Zoo 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 "A near threatened Eurasian Black Vulture at London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Armenian visitors riding in a llama cart at 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 Arabian Camel Taking a Pair of Children for a Ride at ZSL Whipsnade, March 1932 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Two Somali Wild Dogs at London Zoo, July 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Two-toed Sloth at London Zoo, September 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Black Bear Standing Upright in Its Enclosure on the Mappin Terraces at London Zoo, 1921 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Sam the Polar Bear Begging for Food at ZSL London Zoo, 1912 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Young Hippopotamus Bobbie with keeper Ernie Bowman, London Zoo, July 1923 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Southern Elephant Seal at London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Brown Bear stands upright on its hind legs, Mappin Terraces, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Male African Elephant Kiberenge and Female African Elephant Hango Greet Each Other by Knotting Trunks at London Zoo, October 1927 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 "An Arabian Red Fox looks over the shoulder of keeper F. Shelley, while standing on his back, as he bends over, London Zoo, 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Keepers Jack Milbourne, H Robertson and Thomas train a young Asian Elephant, London Zoo, May 1922 by Frederick William Bond")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-174312).jpg "A Sloth Bear Looks Down from Its Enclosure in Front of the Mappin Terraces, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "The Llama ride - once a feature at ZSL London Zoo, September, 1923 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Two Adult King Penguins Standing by Their Pool with Their Reflections in the Water, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Polar Bear Standing at the Edge of Its Enclosure at the Base of the Mappin Terraces, London Zoo, September 1928 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A male Argus Pheasant Great Argus courtship display, with a female standing beside him, London Zoo, January 1926 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Llama Cart ride with keeper and children at London Zoo, May 1914 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Keepers Jack Milbourne, H Robertson and Thomas train a young Asian Elephant, London Zoo, May 1922 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Vulturine Guineafowl at London Zoo in 1927 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Brown Bear stands upright on its hind legs, reaching towards the sky, Mappin Terraces, London Zoo, August 1921 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "An Ostrich Cart Ride with Children and Keepers George Blore and William Dexter at London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Kikuyu Black-and-white Colobus Monkey sitting in its enclosure at London Zoo in July 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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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 "Arab Stallion Dwarka with Pony Moore, a Horse Van Driver, London Zoo, 1921 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "An Endangered Roloway Monkey Sitting on the Ground, Looking Upwards, While Holding Its Tail, London Zoo, 1927 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Blacksmith Lapwing standing on grass at London Zoo, August 1927 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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.jpg "Four Axis Deer Including a Buck with Antlers at London Zoo in 1924 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 and Two Other People Look On, London Zoo, 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Bactrian Camel ride at London Zoo, c.1913 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Young African Elephant Kiberenge being given a drink by Darisha while Syed Ali looks on in the background, London Zoo, September 1923 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Lion and Lioness Resting on a High Platform, in Their Enclosure, London Zoo in 1929 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Keeper W. Styles, with a Bactrian Camel, outside the Llama House at London Zoo, July 1914 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Marabou Stork Standing in Its Enclosure at London Zoo in September 1928 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Albino White Elephant Pawah with Dr. Saw Po Min and Son, London Zoo, May 1926 by Frederick William Bond")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1064601).jpg "A Komodo Dragon eating a chicken at London Zoo August 1928 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Llama cart ride for visitors with three Llamas being led by Keepers, London Zoo, August 1923 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Syed Ali training Indiarani in front of the Elephant House, London Zoo, October 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Polar Bear Sitting Down, 1924 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Wallich")
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.jpg "Keepers Jack Milbourne, H Robertson and Thomas train a young Asian Elephant, London Zoo, May 1922 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "An Baby Indian Elephant with Keepers A. Church and H. Robertson at London Zoo, June 1922 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Elephant seals being fed by their keeper, 1914 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Female Asian Elephant")
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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 Bearded Lizard with its mouth open, holding on to a branch, London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Female Asiatic Elephant Sundermalah Having Her Feet Trimmed by Her Keepers at London Zoo, August 1926 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Osa and Martin Johnson with an Orangutan and Gibbon, London Zoo, October 1920 by Frederick William Bond")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1064673).jpg "An Eland grazing in the Antelope Paddock at London Zoo in 1929 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Male Indian Rhinoceros Felix Enjoying a Soak in His Pool at London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Young Malayan Tapir with Keeper at London Zoo, 18th October 1921 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Young African Pygmy Elephant Stands on Her Hind Legs to Embrace Her African Trainer, While the Keeper Looks On, London Zoo, July 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Keepers with Young Male African Elephant Kiberenge, London Zoo, 1924 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "An Emperor Scorpion held in the palm of a keeper")
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.jpg "A Barbary Sheep Standing with Her Two Young on the Mappin Terraces, London Zoo, August 1927 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A mature Wallich")
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.jpg "An Indian Rhinoceros in its Pool at London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1054394).jpg "Male Lion")
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.jpg "Syed Ali, training Indiarani in front of the Elephant House, London Zoo, August 1923 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Young African Elephant Kiberenge Being Given a Drink by Darisha, London Zoo, September 1923 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Newly arrived baby pygmy forest elephant Tiny, with her keepers Robertson, Stimpson and Milbourn at London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Three Sacred Baboons drink from a pool in their rocky enclosure while a fourth walks away, London Zoo, June 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Mazawattee Tea Cart, drawn by a team of zebras, outside the Zoological Society of London")
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.jpg "Chillingham bull at London Zoo, June 1917 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Shoebill Preening Its Feathers at London Zoo (1926) by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Victoria Crowned Pigeon at London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Syed Ali training Indiarani, while other staff and keepers look on, London Zoo, June 1922 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Bactrian Camel pulling a dung cart at London Zoo by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Burmese Elephant with its trainer and another man, London Zoo, September 1926 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Riding Animals Bedecked for the Peace Day Celebrations, 19th July 1919 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Troop of Sacred Baboons Among the Rocks on")
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.jpg "A Black Leopard Being Transported in a Cage by Keepers at London Zoo 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 "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 "A Pair of Greater Indian Adjutant Storks at London Zoo, September 1923 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Keeper Ernie Bowman with Hippopotamuses Bobbie and Joan at London Zoo, July 1923 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "A Southern Cassowary at London Zoo in June 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Syed Ali training Indiarani, while other staff and keepers look on, London Zoo, June 1922 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "The Eland Antelope Paddock at London Zoo in 1924 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Adult female Indian Elephant, Assam Lukhi with keeper Charles Eyles, having her feet trimmed at London Zoo, September 1923 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Keeper W. Styles, with a Bactrian Camel, outside the Llama House at London Zoo, July 1914 by Frederick William Bond")
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.jpg "Young female African Pygmy Elephant Oojah with two Keepers at London Zoo in April 1925 by Frederick William Bond")
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