Ancient Trees

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Ancient Trees: Woman Spends 14 Years Photographing World’s Oldest Trees
Beth Moon, a photographer based in San Francisco, has been searching for the world’s oldest trees for the past 14 years. She has traveled all around the globe to capture the most magnificent trees that grow in remote locations and look as old as the world itself.


“Standing as the earth’s largest and oldest living monuments, I believe these symbolic trees will take on a greater significance, especially at a time when our focus is directed at finding better ways to live with the environment” writes Moon in her artist statement.
Sixty of Beth Moon’s duotone photos were published in a book titled “Ancient Trees: Portraits Of Time”. Here you can have a sneak preview of the book, full of strangest and most magnificent trees ever.
More info: bethmoon.com | abbeville.com (h/t: colossal)























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WOW....yeah those photos are amazing - leaves me wondering if those are real trees!! and how old they must be.....
 
The pictures have an other-worldly quality. Impressive.
 
I wonder if the one I know of in PA is in there... always amazing to see trees like these so old and...HUGE.
 
Awesome! Saw this awhile back, interesting work all around. Love them... good post :)
 
I didn't see any descriptions of the trees but I just happen to know that the world's oldest tree is right here in California and its a bristlecone pine....some 4K plus years old......and tree # 15 above looks just like that tree....
 
Id still make firewood out of it if its close enough to my house to fall over on it.
 
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