Forget white coats and sterile laboratories. Many scientists have a deep, personal relationship with the natural environments that become their subject matter.
A photo series by award-winning Australian photographer Tamara Dean, "Wild Researchers," in partnership with the University of New South Wales, aims to put a human face on the work of 17 such researchers. By placing these men and women in the sand dunes, swamps and caves that provide as many mysteries as they do answers, Dean helps us to understand why they are drawn to their work and why we should pay attention.
"Seen through Tamara Dean’s distinctive frame, with its painterly quality, the Wild Researchers exhibition captures our academics in a new, heroic way," Denise Knight, director of media at UNSW, said in a statement.
For those in Sydney, Australia, the images will be on display Nov. 4 at the Australian Museum.