On the Nature of Things | Tree Crowns


  • Photographer
    Christoph Franke
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Christoph Franke | Fine Art Photography
  • Date of Photograph
    2013

Trees take center stage in my life. I feel a deep reverence for their unique nature as I create my images. For me, trees represent the connection between energy (air, light) and the material world (soil, earth). I am fascinated by the trees appearance in wintertime with their web of branches connecting from the inside to the outside. The inverted presentation is meant as an invitation to an encounter with the tree as a natural being. I guess it is a chance rather to meet the tree than just seeing it with the intellect. My series is based on a visualization of the alchemical formula “Above is one with below, inside is one with outside, spirit is one with body”. Each time I am working on the tree crowns, I take numerous single frames to be assembled later. Through this intimate “face-to-face”, I want to capture their primordial energy.

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