Photographer Rosamond Purcell explores the hidden corners of scientific collections, the boundaries between art and science, and the mysteries of metamorphosis. In this Harvard Museum of Natural History lecture on Thursday, April 12 at 6 pm, Purcell will recount her long-standing relationship with Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology and explain how its collections have served as models and inspiration for her strangely beautiful, often unsettling images. Following the presentation, Jane Winchell, Director of The Dotty Brown Art & Nature Center at the Peabody Essex Museum, will engage Purcell and audience members in a discussion about the value of seeing natural history collections as works of art in order to better appreciate and understand nature. Free and open to the public. The lecture will take place in the Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street in Cambridge. Free event parking at 52 Oxford Street Garage.
