Eight Heroines feature in new exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery
As well as emblematising the diverse, intelligent beauty of the natural world, botanical imagery is a ripe analogy for the passage of time; as flora and fauna germinate, flourish, and wither, they mark the changing of the seasons, the passage of days into years. Amid the stagnation of lockdown, Unearthed: Photography’s Roots – a new exhibition from Dulwich Picture Gallery, London – provides an unconventional opportunity to refresh our connection with nature.