Synopsis:

Both an art book and a botanical guide, Leaves & Pods reveals the splendor, complexity, and purpose of some of the most familiar objects in our natural world, combining aesthetic delight with scientific fact and philosophical wonder.

Book Excerpt:

As every photographer knows, the ordinary is anything but. For years I have mined my household for everyday things and used my flatbed scanner to examine them: dryer lint, vegetables, balls of yarn, even the collections of stones piled around the house, which gave rise to the first book in this series, Beach Stones. When I found a perfect skeleton of a lemon leaf in my backyard compost bin-the scanner captured it in all its delicate, decomposing glory-I was inspired to venture into the neighborhood and to the botanical garden to look particularly at leaves and pods.

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Topics/Categories:

biology. natural forms, botanical gardens, horticulture, leaves, pods

Genre:

Flora and Fauna, Nature

Type of Work:

Photography

Publishers:

Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

Purchase From:

Abrams website

Original Publish Date:

2008-09-18

ISBNs:

0-81093078-1 978-0-8109-3078-0