Yvette Borup Andrews was an American photographer who documented expeditions for the American Museum of Natural History in the early 1900s [Wikipedia]. Here's a summary of what I found about her:
- Life:
- Born: February 28, 1891, Paris, France [Wikipedia]
- Died: April 12, 1959, Burgos, Spain [Wikipedia]
- Married Roy Chapman Andrews, who led the expeditions [Wikipedia]
- Career:
- Photographer and filmmaker for the American Museum of Natural History [Wikipedia].
- Expeditions:
- Central Asia: First and Second Asiatic Zoological Expeditions (1916-1918) to China, Tibet, Burma, Mongolia and North China [Wikipedia].
- Central Asiatic Expeditions (1920s) - role as photographer not explicitly mentioned but likely participated [Wikipedia].
- Photography Techniques:
- Developed her skills in Europe and New York [Public Domain Review]
- Known for ethnographic photography [Wikipedia]
- Utilized a portable darkroom for field development [Wikipedia]
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