The Chairman and CEO of Barings, LLC, Thomas “Tom” Finke has spent most of his career working in banking and investing management. Outside of his profession, Thomas Finke’s hobbies include hunting.
In recent years, hunting has been the progenitor of a trend of turning camouflage clothing into fashion, but today's camo, as it is more widely known, evolved from indigenous cultures and the military. Indigenous cultures used camouflage in two different ways. First, they used the environment or elements of the forest as a base to determine how they would conceal themselves. Furthermore, they would design their camouflage based on whether they were sitting or waiting or spotting and stalking. Much later, camouflage would be modernized and re-invented to use in military warfare. Almost a century after camouflage was used by indigenous cultures, painters would devise patterns for designs that would keep military men hidden. Most notable of these artists was an American artist named Abbott Handerson Thayer. A naturalist, hunter, and trapper, Mr. Thayer wrote extensively on counter-shading, where animals appeared one-dimensional by using inverted shading and graduated colors. Out of these writings, Thayer’s Law postulated that animals “with dark fur on their backs” (where the sun shines most) and light-colored fur on their underbellies (where there is shadowing) lost contouring, making them blend in with their surroundings. Previous to WWI and WWII, soldiers fought in brightly colored uniforms. From this theory and a few others, military camouflage was developed. Military camouflage has evolved throughout the years, created to suit different climates and environments. Today, digital camouflage is more widely used by the military and hunters. Incidentally, digital camouflage matches the background so that the patterns do not appear too fine or too coarse.
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AuthorThe Chairman and CEO of Barings LLC , Thomas Finke possesses over 27 years of experience in the investment and banking sectors. Archives
March 2021
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