Instant Inspiration: Photos from The Life & Love of Trees
Extraordinary images from some of the world's leading nature photographers.
California, United States
Species: Unkown
Photographer: Richard Mack
This award-winning image is called "Tree Cathedral"
by its photographer for good reason. Shot on a tree
farm in California, United States, it shows a plantation
of hybridized fast-growth poplar trees, and makes a
powerful connection with gothic architecture. In doing
so, it reminds us that trees and architecture have
always been joined and not just through timber as a
building material. Trees as structural inspiration have
been there from classical antiquity through to the
steel "trees" that hold up many contemporary airport
terminals.
From The Life & Love of Trees
by Lewis Blackwell. Image © Richard Mack
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November 2009 issue of
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