NEW YORK, NY (AP). Vermont farmer Wilson A. Bentley was known as Snowflake Bentley for his pioneering 19thcentury photography of more than 5000 jewellike snowflakes no two alike. Bentley, also known as The Snowflake Man, was fascinated with ... By juryrigging a microscope with a bellows camera, Bentley was able to capture for the first time the exquisite delicacy of a snowflake. His groundbreaking 1931 book, Snow Crystals, recorded for posterity the beauty, ...