Anna Laurent

Native Plants in Iraq

annalaurent — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:40:07 +0000

The Iraqi Seed Project: photographs of Iraq’s ethnobotanic landscape.

Seed Pods.

annalaurent — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:14:10 +0000

My plant specimen photographs are featured in ‘Botany Blueprint’, a column with Print magazine. I write about the form and function of seed pods.

A Typeface Monograph.

annalaurent — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:12:20 +0000

I wrote the foreword for Stefán Kjartansson’s gorgeous printed accompaniment to his new typeface, Cumulus + Foam.

Orphanages in Mexico.

annalaurent — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:44:28 +0000

I photographed World Child Project’s visit to their partner orphanages.

Watercolor vegetables

annalaurent — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:00:33 +0000

I designed a collateral campaign for an urban Farmers’ Market, sponsored by the Los Angeles Medical Center.

A Search for Rare Plants.

annalaurent — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:05:59 +0000

The California Native Plant Society surveyed local populations of the rare Mariposa lily (Calochortus weedii var. intermedius). Our data contributed to conservation efforts of endangered native plants.

Dubai’s Improbable Dream.

annalaurent — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:27:18 +0000

I produced a two-week shoot in Dubai, and wrote the accompanying article for Fast Company magazine.

Linnæus in his Lapland Dress.

annalaurent — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:16:31 +0000

“Father of Taxonomy” Carolus Linnæus introduced the fashion of the Laplands to Sweden, his home country. He also designed a botanical clock.

Documentary Shorts

annalaurent — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:29:41 +0000

MOUNTED and Behind the Mask are documentary profiles of two artists. I shot and edited both.

The Iraqi Seed Project.

annalaurent — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:20:09 +0000

Filmmaker Emma Piper-Burket and I launched a site for a multimedia documentary about Iraqi + Kurdish agriculture: farmers today, and Mesopotamia yesterday.