A while back, I put together a book of images called Bare Beauty,
a collection of 97 photographs celebrating the beauty of the stark, unadorned tree.
While touring Washington D.C. last week, I captured an image that will be the start of Bare Beauty, the Sequel:
Graft by Roxy Paine - made of stainless steel and concrete
At the Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
From Bare Beauty:
It's easy to be enthralled by the beauty of a tree in its summer bloom or autumn foliage. But it's the unadorned tree, sans blossom or foliage that always catches my eye. Without the distraction of flower or leaf, its "skeleton" reveals its core essence.... The silhouette of a tree against the sky never fails to draw me in. Reaching tall into the sky, or gnarly and bent from the wind.... The neurobiologist in me sees nerve cell dendrites in the intricate branches.
This post strikes a cord, or branch, with me. Naked trees have always been my favorite art form and I love to photograph them. Thanks for sharing your photos. As beautiful as expected!
Posted by: Joanne | Monday, August 08, 2011 at 09:42 AM
beautifully captured Basia. How have you been?
Posted by: Madhu | Friday, August 12, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Joanne and Madhu: Thanks!
Posted by: Basia | Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 05:26 PM
Basia
Dan and I were in St. Louis 2 weeks ago and we sent you a scultpture of a tree. We sent it to your cell phone. Did you get it?
Posted by: DonnaK | Friday, August 26, 2011 at 09:14 PM
Donna: No I never got it...weird..
Posted by: Basia | Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 02:41 PM
top to bottom, L to R: photo #1 (book cover)--purkinje cell, cerebellum; #2--ovoid cell, solitary nucleus; #5--fibrous astrocyte; #6--pyramidal cell, hippocampus; #10--olfactory bulb neurons
(Gorgeous book!)
Posted by: Dale | Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 02:48 AM
Dale: LOL, I see we have the same eye for this...
Posted by: Basia | Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 11:02 PM