Dr. John Nash Ott was a banker who was most notable as a pioneer in the cinematic use of time-lapse photography. Ott's initial "day-job" career was that of a banker, with time-lapse movie photography, mostly of plants, initially just a hobby. Starting in the 1930s, Ott bought and built more and more time-lapse equipment, eventually building a large greenhouse full of plants, cameras, … Wikipedia
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