Capturing Time

Alfred Milotte (1904-1989)
        Photographer

Alfred Milotte studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He met Elma Jolly in Seattle, where both attended the University of Washington. The two married in Ketchikan in 1934, opening a photography studio and going on to become independent film makers. They were traveling around the United States, showing their work and lecturing on Alaska, when Walt Disney happened upon one of their films. Inspired, he hired them to film the Alaska wilderness.

In their ensuing career with Walt Disney Studios, the couple won six Academy Awards and spent years filming in the Everglades, Australia, and Africa. Their work has been featured in National Geographic, Reader's Digest, Vogue, Life, People, and Newsweek magazines. They also filmed a seagull sequence for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Elma once said, "I think the animals know we aren't predators. When hunters come into the area, the animals stay away for days."

After retiring from Disney Studios, the couple published three books about animals and established a tree farm. Ms. Milotte died in April of 1989, and Mr. Milotte followed her five days later.

Additional photographers featured in this exhibit

• Harriet Elizabeth Hunt (1865-1934)
  
• Con Giebel (1878-1965)
  
• Benjamin Alfred Haldane (1874-1941)
  
• David Nicoll (1877-1937)
  
• Otto C. Schallerer (1884-1968)
  
• Hall Anderson (1949- )
  
• Paulu T. Saari (1919-2011)