TITLE: Infrared Arboretum

I serve as a volunteer photographer for the US National Arboretum in Washington, DC. In the last year, I have begun documenting their tree collection using infrared medium format film.

AUTHOR: Amanda Kleinman (United States)

Amanda Kleinman was born and raised in Montgomery County, MD. She moved to Washington, DC in the early 1990’s while attending college and became a prolific member of the art and music community. She toured with her original rock band, The Apes, from 1999 to 2008 and showed drawings, sculpture, and books in a wide range of informal and formal gallery settings. Amanda dove head first into photography in 2012. She has created a rich body of work in the night photography and garden photography realm- and does volunteer photography for both the U.S. National Arboretum and U.S. Botanical Gardens. She has won significant awards in the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition for the last 3 consecutive years, winning first place in 2015. Since 2010, Amanda has been employed by the Corcoran School. Currently, she is the academic advisor for BFA students at the Corcoran School of Art, George Washington University and is also the keyboardist in electronic rock act “Heavy Breathing”.