Symbolic Collection Presents Hasselblad Laureate Award Winning Photographer of

Botanica Magnifica Jonathan Singer

Today, Symbolic Collection announces the unveiling of a world-class exhibition o
f photography by Jonathan Singer to be showcased on July 2, 2010 for the first t
ime on the West Coast at the Symbolic Collection gallery in Sorrento Valley. Kno
wn for his exquisite large-scale prints in Botanica Magnifica, a five-volume set
of books that feature single blooms of 250 of the worlds rarest plants created
and presented only for the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of Natural
History in Washington, D.C.
San Diego, CA, June 17, 2010 -- Today, Symbolic Collection announces the unveili
ng of a world-class exhibition of photography by Jonathan Singer to be showcased
on July 2, 2010 for the first time on the West Coast at the Symbolic Collection
gallery in Sorrento Valley. Known for his exquisite large-scale prints in Botan
ica Magnifica, a five-volume set of books that feature single blooms of 250 of t
he worlds rarest plants created and presented only for the Smithsonian Institut
ions National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
A New Jersey podiatrist specializing in limb salvage, Singers career took a tur
n in 2005 when he was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease and could no longer per
form surgery. He turned to an earlier life love of photography that led him to d
iscover a new lifes passion. With ambition and a natural talent, Singer introdu
ced his work to Marc Hachadourian, the Curator of Glasshouse Collections, New Yo
rk Botanical Garden, and shortly after to Dr. W. John Kress, the Curator of Bota
ny, National Museum of Natural History, and from there, he became an overnight s
ensation acclaimed for marrying art and science using a technique synonymous w
ith old world master paintings.
Just as the finest classical painter attempted to make his brush stroke invisib
le, I attempt to capture these botanical specimens with a clarity and humility b
ecoming an instrument serving a higher force, said Singer. Many of the most un
usual species seen in Botanica Magnifica seem to be alien life forms but really
are true treasures of our home planet.
Please click here to see to an interview from CBS National News: http://www.cbsn
ews.com/video/watch/?id=4937453n
Singer is the recipient of a Hasselblad Prize Laureate, an international photogr
aphy prize regarded as one of the most coveted awards in the field today. He is
also honored with the 2009 Carl Linnaeus Silver Medalist for merging art and sci
ence from the Swedish Royal Academy of Science, which is an award on the same le
vel of a Nobel Prize.
In September 2009, Singer joined with Dr. Kress and Hachadourian to create a col
laborative book called Botanica Magnifica: Portraits of the Worlds Most Extraor
dinary Flowers and Plants (Abbeville Press, September 2009). The book features p
hotographs by Singer and text by Dr. Kress and Hachadourian. Copies of the book
will be available on the opening night at Symbolic Collection.
This is an extraordinary opportunity for San Diegans to access one of the most
exclusive photographers in the world and experience an exhibition of Singers w
ork first hand, including 50 of his photographs, said Ryan Crowley, Director an
d Curator of Symbolic Collection. We are honored that Singer, a photographer of
this caliber the Rembrandt of photography - will be joining us for the event
and guests will have the rare opportunity to meet him. His contribution to art h
istory and meteoric rise to fame are nothing short of spectacular. His images wi
ll live on forever.
Date: Friday, July 2, 2010 6pm to 9pm
Address: Symbolic Collection Gallery, 11425 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, CA
92121
R.S.V.P. required, please call 858-259-4411 or ryan@symboliccollection.com.
Guests will enjoy Montesquieu Wines (http://www.montesquieu.com) and catering pr
ovided by Ruths Chris Steakhouse (www.ruthschris.com).
Symbolic Collection has always enjoyed a passion for the unique, specializing in
investment quality, luxury collectibles.
Their inventory consists of extraordinary pieces from the worlds of underground,
pop culture, and fine art, music and entertainment memorabilia, watches and clo
cks, decorative arts and objet dart. Symbolic Collection is one division of
Symbolic World, which includes Symbolic Motors - the world s leading purveyor of
exotic and luxury automobiles, and Symbolic Watch - an International leader in
the high-end, complicated watch and clock industry. Interested collectors can vi
ew the gallery by appointment only.
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http://www.ruthschris.com
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