Acclaimed Photographer Dr. Jonathan Singer Named Artist in Residence at the Huntington Botanical Garden in Pasadena

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) October 2, 2010 -- San Diego, CA, October 02, 2010 -- Symbolic Collection announced today Singer has been named Botanical Artist in Residence during 2010 at the Huntington Botanical Garden in Pasadena and will be recognized during a reception on October 18. In addition to this honor, Dr. Singer has created a set of images exclusively for the Huntington known as the Huntington 100 or the H100. Prints from that series will be available exclusively by Symbolic Collection.

A truly eccentric artist, Singer has an eye for capturing nature with his Hasselblad digital camera to produce images that look like the product of old master painters of the 1600s. Singer is recipient of the Linnaeus silver medal and has been recognized for marrying art and science. He became the first photographer in history and fourth American to earn this award in its 104 year history. Singer is the recipient of a Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography, the photographer's equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

Known for his exquisite large-scale prints in Botanica Magnifica, a five-volume set of books that feature single blooms of 250 of the world’s rarest plants created and presented only for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

“Just as the finest classical painter attempted to make his brush stroke invisible, I attempt to capture these botanical specimens with a clarity and humility becoming an instrument serving a higher force,” said Singer. “Many of the most unusual species seen in Botanica Magnifica seem to be alien life forms but really are true treasures of our home planet.”

In September 2009, Singer joined with Dr. Kress and Hachadourian to create a collaborative book called Botanica Magnifica: Portraits of the World’s Most Extraordinary Flowers and Plants (Abbeville Press, September 2009). The book features photographs by Singer and text by Dr. Kress and Hachadourian. Please click here to see to an interview from CBS National News: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4937453n

A private, nonprofit institution, The Huntington was founded in 1919 by Henry E. Huntington, an exceptional businessman who built a financial empire that included railroad companies, utilities, and real estate holdings in Southern California.
Huntington was also a man of vision – with a special interest in books, art, and gardens. During his lifetime, he amassed the core of one of the finest research libraries in the world, established a splendid art collection, and created an array of botanical gardens with plants from a geographic range spanning the globe.

These three distinct facets of The Huntington are linked by a devotion to research, education, and beauty. For more information, please visit www.huntington.org The Huntington is located at 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108, near Pasadena, California.

Symbolic Collection has always enjoyed a passion for the unique, specializing in investment quality, luxury collectibles. Symbolic Collection has two locations in San Diego – La Jolla and Sorrento Valley and is one division of Symbolic World, which includes Symbolic Motors - the world's leading purveyor of exotic and luxury automobiles, Symbolic Watch - an International leader in the high-end, complicated watch and clock industry, Symbolic @ Scream London – a fine art gallery in London, and a New York City project space located in the Fuller Building. The gallery in La Jolla is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Sorrento Valley space is by appointment only.

http://www.symboliccollection.com
http://www.screamlondon.com
http://www.symbolicmotors.com
http://www.symbolicwatch.com

Contact:
Jennifer von Stauffenberg
Olive PR Solutions, Inc
350 West Ash St #103
San Diego, CA 92101
619-955-5285
jennifer@oliveprsolutions.com
http://www.symboliccollection.com

book     flowers     garden     photographer