Warm Room: Photographs from Historic Greenhouses by Peter A. Moriarty

Since the 1990s, photographer Peter Moriarty has traveled to greenhouses, orangeries, conservatories, and arboretums to capture the characteristics of these “warm rooms” constructed to preserve and propagate prized plants. From the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in England to Longwood Gardens in nearby Kennett Square, Moriarty documents the unique structures and specimens as encountered through his personal, graphic sensibility. He produces traditional gelatin-silver prints that convey the light-filled, atmospheric spaces of historic greenhouses.

Coccothrinax Crinita (negative print), Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania, 2022. Peter A. Moriarty (born 1952). Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in. Collection of the Artist.

Palm House Interior, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago, 2008. Peter A. Moriarty (born 1952). Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in. Collection of the Artist.

Great Conservatory, Interior, Syon, West London, 2010. Peter A. Moriarity (born 1952). Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in. Collection of the Artist.

Susono no Tsuki, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, 2012. Peter A. Moriarty (born 1952). Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in. Collection of the Artist.

Conservative Wall, Chatsworth, Bakewell, 2010. Peter A. Moriarty (born 1952). Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in. Collection of the Artist.

Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2010. Peter A. Moriarty (born 1952). Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in. Collection of the Artist.

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This exhibition is made possible through support from the Emily DuPont Exhibition Fund. This organization is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com.