Botanica Magnifica - Portraits of the World's Most Extraordinary Flowers and Plants

Botanica Magnifica features 250 stunning photographs of rare and exotic plants and flowers by Hasselblad Laureate Award winner Jonathan Singer.

About the author

Jonathan Singer's double-elephant folio of Botanica Magnifica is kept in the Cullman Rare Book Room at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Dr. Singer was named a Hasselblad Laureate Award winner (2008) and Carl Linnaeus Silver Medalist from the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences (2009) based on his contribution marrying art with science, and to "our perception and appreciation of the botanical world." His many achievements include his appointment as Research Collaborator, Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

W. John Kress is a Curator of Botany and Research Scientist at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution. He is the author of Abbeville's The Weeping Goldsmith: Discoveries in the Secret Land of Myanmar and has written many articles on botany.

Marc Hachadourian is the Acting Manager of the Nolen Greenhouses for the New York Botanical Garden. He specializes in orchids, aquatics, bulbs, and alpines and is particularly interested in public awareness of global plant conservation and the appreciation of plant biodiversity.

Summary

Botanica Magnifica features two hundred and fifty stunning photographs of rare and exotic plants and flowers by Hasselblad Laureate Award winner Jonathan Singer.

Product details

• Authors: Marc Hachadourian, W. John Kress
• Assisted by: Jonathan Singer (Photographs), Jonathan M. Singer (Photographs)
• Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2009
• EAN: 9780789210333
• ISBN: 978-0-7892-1033-3
• No. of pages: 356
• Dimensions: 32 mm x 40 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 4794 g
• Illustrations: 510 colour
• Series: Natural History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works