Dornith Doherty: Archiving Eden

August 9, 2017–January 14, 2018

First floor

Over the decade, North Texas photographer Dornith Doherty has traveled the globe to construct a visual meditation on the planet’s botanical diversity by showcasing the work of international seed banks and sharing the pure aesthetic pleasure of seeds and their transformations into plants. This exhibition celebrates the completion of that project. At a time when some ecologists are suggesting that we are losing more than 10 animal and plant species each day, the display provides eloquent confirmation of the close relationship between botany and biophilia.

Exhibition Highlights

Dornith Doherty

Red Yucca, 2010

Inkjet print

A black-and-white photograph that resembles an X-ray showing the internal structures of a spherical seed.

Dornith Doherty

Incubator, EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasilia, Brazil, 2013

Inkjet print

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A color photograph of a storage area in a laboratory with multiple metal shelving units containing plants in artificial light.

Dornith Doherty

Pycnantha, 2014

Inkjet print

P2015.121

A black-and-white photograph of hundreds of small stems and tiny flowers.

Dornith Doherty

Seeds Drying, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 2008

Inkjet print

A color photograph of a wood-framed box covered with a screen containing four petri dishes containing various types of seeds.