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The Living Tree
To photograph trees around the world in their (sometimes) native habitat to capture how they live among us and how we live among them.
I’ve been fascinated with trees for as long as I can remember. They embody a spirit that is similar to the human one. When I see a great tree, I always wonder what it has lived through from its days as a seed to a sapling to a giant wonder.
Trees can provide shade, fun and sometimes humility. I want to capture trees around that world that have become in some way a part of the people that surround it. Children playing on tire swings in New Orleans, imported trees in Los Angeles that line the pavements only to be ignored by passersby, trees providing shade and life in the largest manmade forest – Johannesburg, the harmony and balance of the trees in the Amazon Rainforest provide to various forms of life.
These are just some of the ideas I’d like to capture if given the opportunity to pursue this dream. This dream is partially inspired by Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree.”