THROUGH MARCH, 2009
Spoiler alert: autumn is coming. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but it’ll be here soon enough, stunning foliage in tow. Admit it: even when you’re lounging on the beach, you get a little twinge of excitement when you think about nature’s annual chromatic spectacle. But how often do you stop and think about each little leaf, a complex specimen of nature? Probably not as much as photographer Amanda Means, whose fascination with plant life has led her to meld art, science, and technology in the photographic images she creates, many of which involve using the leaf itself as a negative to reveal its intricate network of veins. A show of her work, “Looking at Leaves: Photographs by Amanda Means,” is at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, 617.495.3045). Admission to the museum is $9 and $7 for students.
