Uploaded December 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hear artist Anna Laurent discuss her breathtaking close-up photographs of seedpods. Laurent's images, at the intersection of art and science, are beautiful examples of nature photography that also document the fascinating variety of ways plants—particularly the flowering plants called angiosperms, which enclose their seeds in coverings—have evolved to spread genetic material via wind, water, animals, or simply by catapulting it away. For more information read "The Sorcery of Seedpods" in Harvard Magazine's Jan-Feb 2014 issue: harvardmagazine.com/2014/01/the-sorcery-of-seedpods
Hear artist Anna Laurent discuss her breathtaking close-up photographs of seedpods. Laurent's images, at the intersection of art and science, are beautiful examples of nature photography that also document the fascinating variety of ways plants—particularly the flowering plants called angiosperms, which enclose their seeds in coverings—have evolved to spread genetic material via wind, water, animals, or simply by catapulting it away. For more information read "The Sorcery of Seedpods" in Harvard Magazine's Jan-Feb 2014 issue: harvardmagazine.com/2014/01/the-sorcery-of-seedpods
