Denver, Colorado
I am excited to share three new large format woodland prints I am adding to my gallery collection this month.
I have been reflecting on community, family and how important it is we help one another. In my photography of trees, there is a constant theme of community that emerges in the compositions.
Last month I shared with you my ICONIC Collection of architectural landmarks. Like architecture, trees are structural, they offer shelter and define the very places we visit and call home. They are part of our environment, they are part of our lives, they are everywhere.
However, have you ever really looked at trees? Have you stopped and hugged a tree? When Liz and I hike, she often likes to stop and hug a tree. It is cute and I laugh, but is it really that silly? Afterall, trees are very much alive and much wiser than we like to give them credit.
“Lean-In” - Albizia Trees - Puna, Hawaii - © 2019 JC Buck
The static nature of trees makes it easy to overlook them, but if you pay attention, listen to the trees, they have so much to teach us. Trees have survived decades, centuries and even millennia by working together. No tree on its own can do that. Trees develop a foundation, a system of roots, to share intelligence, water, nutrients and so on. We too need one another.
The three prints I have selected to launch this new collection illustrate the sheer beauty of trees, how they grow together, work together, all while maintaining their individuality and uniqueness. We value independence in America, we are about celebrating individualism, advancing our careers, striving for success, being the best versions of ourselves.
Would the forest look different if trees took that approach? I say, let’s continue to celebrate our own fingerprints, like trees, no two are alike. However, the individual is not possible without the community, the underground, out of sight, network of roots, collaborating in harmony.
Each print is a limited-edition fine art print offered in multiple large format sizes, designed to make an impact, to set the tone of a space, to draw the viewer into the complexity and simplicity of the composition, and to serve as a daily reminder, we can’t do it alone.
As always thank you for subscribing to my monthly letter and supporting my photography. Now, go for a walk and listen to the trees, if you really do, you will be surprised how vocal they truly are.
JC
“Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.”