Thierry Ardouin: Seed Stories

Through the fascinating formal beauty of seeds revealed by Thierry Ardouin's photographs, this book tells the history of these 'great travellers' and interrogates the connection with our roots. Based on an original idea initiated by Xavier Barral, it is the result of a long-term collective project involving artists, botanists and scientists and falling within current ecological issues. These seeds from all over the world fascinate us with their beauty: colours, textures and shapes capture our attention.Chosen, lit and framed with the greatest care, the seeds photographed by Thierry Ardouin have a morphology that is both necessary and strange, capable of arousing astonishment, questioning or contemplation. From the emergence of agriculture more than 10,000 years ago to the questions raised by today’s hybrid seeds, via the discovery of the uses of seeds across cultures and eras, Seed stories explores the challenges of diversity. Most of these seeds come from the collections of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Several essays complete the photographic corpus by Thierry Ardouin.
ISBN 9782365113458. Atelier EXB. hb. 336 pages. 253 colour ills. 19 x 25 cm.
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