Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Programme to include 170 music, theatre, opera, dance and spoken word events
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Photographer Levon Biss
RARELY have seeds and fruits so closely resembled a work of art. These strikingly intricate images capture the fertilisation and reproduction of plants.
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Carpology places a focus on the shape and structure of different fruits and seeds. Biss chose the most interesting specimens he could find in the carpological collection at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK, to photograph, all of which have been dried or preserved.
The top row shows, from left to right: a coco de mer fruit (
Lodoicea maldivica), split in half to reveal the germinating seedling within; a partially dissected Medang Pajal fruit (
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