The Resource An adventurous life, Valerie Taylor with Ben Mckelvey
An adventurous life, Valerie Taylor with Ben Mckelvey
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The item An adventurous life, Valerie Taylor with Ben Mckelvey represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- Summary
- At 83 years old, Valerie Taylor has lived a big, bold adventurous life. Born in Australia, Valerie spent a great deal of her childhood in New Zealand. A talented artist, she dropped out of school when she contracted polio and was saved by Sister Elizabeth Kenny's treatment plan; it was two years before she could walk unaided. When Valerie was fifteen, she found work as an animator and moved back to Australia with her family. All the while she thrived on being close to the ocean, and was a keen spear fisher. In the 1950s, she met Ron Taylor and then her real adventures started. Together they sailed all over the world, photographing and filming their travels for magazines, TV and movies, and making many documentaries. Valerie and Ron became interested in conservation, and focused on sharks in particular. They did all the shark work on Jaws, and James Cameron decided he wanted to become a filmmaker because of Valerie and her husband. Valerie is working with the brilliant Ben Mckelvey to share her story of falling in love with the ocean and with her husband, Ron. From trainee animator to Spielberg, from JAWS to BLUE LAGOON, this is the remarkable story of an incredible woman
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "The remarkable story of the trailblazing ocean conservationist, photographer and shark expert" -- Cover
- Isbn
- 9780733641725
- Label
- An adventurous life
- Title
- An adventurous life
- Statement of responsibility
- Valerie Taylor with Ben Mckelvey
- Title variation
- Valerie Taylor
- Title variation remainder
- an adventurous life
- Subject
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- Cinematographers -- Australia -- Biography
- Independent filmmakers -- Australia
- trueMarine ecology
- Marine parks and reserves -- Australia
- Marine resources conservation -- Australia
- trueOceans -- Environmental aspects
- truePeople with poliomyelitis
- Photographers -- Australia -- Biography
- trueSharks
- Sharks -- Anecdotes
- Taylor, Ron, 1934-2012
- Taylor, Valerie, 1935-
- Taylor, Valerie, 1935- -- Marriage
- trueUnderwater cinematography
- trueUnderwater photography
- Women environmentalists -- Australia -- Biography
- trueWomen filmmakers
- trueWomen photographers
- Environmentalists -- Australia -- Biography
- trueDocumentary filmmakers
- trueHusband and wife
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- At 83 years old, Valerie Taylor has lived a big, bold adventurous life. Born in Australia, Valerie spent a great deal of her childhood in New Zealand. A talented artist, she dropped out of school when she contracted polio and was saved by Sister Elizabeth Kenny's treatment plan; it was two years before she could walk unaided. When Valerie was fifteen, she found work as an animator and moved back to Australia with her family. All the while she thrived on being close to the ocean, and was a keen spear fisher. In the 1950s, she met Ron Taylor and then her real adventures started. Together they sailed all over the world, photographing and filming their travels for magazines, TV and movies, and making many documentaries. Valerie and Ron became interested in conservation, and focused on sharks in particular. They did all the shark work on Jaws, and James Cameron decided he wanted to become a filmmaker because of Valerie and her husband. Valerie is working with the brilliant Ben Mckelvey to share her story of falling in love with the ocean and with her husband, Ron. From trainee animator to Spielberg, from JAWS to BLUE LAGOON, this is the remarkable story of an incredible woman
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10806902
- Cataloging source
- VHEI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1935-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Taylor, Valerie
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Mckelvey, Ben
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Taylor, Valerie
- Taylor, Valerie
- Taylor, Ron
- Underwater photography
- Cinematographers
- Sharks
- Marine resources conservation
- Underwater cinematography
- Independent filmmakers
- Marine parks and reserves
- Environmentalists
- Women environmentalists
- Photographers
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- an adventurous life
- Label
- An adventurous life, Valerie Taylor with Ben Mckelvey
- Note
- "The remarkable story of the trailblazing ocean conservationist, photographer and shark expert" -- Cover
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
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- Control code
- 000066100111
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780733641725
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1120700726
- Label
- An adventurous life, Valerie Taylor with Ben Mckelvey
- Note
- "The remarkable story of the trailblazing ocean conservationist, photographer and shark expert" -- Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000066100111
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780733641725
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1120700726
Subject
- Cinematographers -- Australia -- Biography
- Independent filmmakers -- Australia
- trueMarine ecology
- Marine parks and reserves -- Australia
- Marine resources conservation -- Australia
- trueOceans -- Environmental aspects
- truePeople with poliomyelitis
- Photographers -- Australia -- Biography
- trueSharks
- Sharks -- Anecdotes
- Taylor, Ron, 1934-2012
- Taylor, Valerie, 1935-
- Taylor, Valerie, 1935- -- Marriage
- trueUnderwater cinematography
- trueUnderwater photography
- Women environmentalists -- Australia -- Biography
- trueWomen filmmakers
- trueWomen photographers
- Environmentalists -- Australia -- Biography
- trueDocumentary filmmakers
- trueHusband and wife
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