Ms. Rosamond Purcell

Rosamond Purcell's striking photographs of objects from the natural and man-made world have earned her international acclaim. Her -collaborations with such diverse intellects as -Stephen Jay Gould and Ricky Jay testify to the breadth of her interests: the murky boundary between art and science and the universal human need to collect and classify. Her numerous books include -Illuminations, A Glorious Enterprise: The Museum of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and Owls Head: On the Nature of Lost...See more

Rosamond Purcell's striking photographs of objects from the natural and man-made world have earned her international acclaim. Her -collaborations with such diverse intellects as -Stephen Jay Gould and Ricky Jay testify to the breadth of her interests: the murky boundary between art and science and the universal human need to collect and classify. Her numerous books include -Illuminations, A Glorious Enterprise: The Museum of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and Owls Head: On the Nature of Lost Things. See less