Hector Madera

Cord Riechelmann Die Familie der Krähen

and the relationships between them

Accompanying the photographs are informative texts from Sara Hannant and Museum director Simon Costin

consisting of a hand-numbered letterpress cover

Weeds - The Story of Outlaw Plants Vier Elemente Hector MaderaEver since the first human settlements 10,000 years ago, weeds have dogged our footsteps. They are there as the punishment of 'thorns and thistles' in Genesis and , two millennia later, as a symbol of Flanders Field. They are civilisations' familiars, invading farmland and building sites, war zones and flower beds across the globe. Yet living so intimately with us, they have been a blessing too. Weeds were the first crops, the first medicines. Burdock