Treeness

Photographing trees is a way of connecting art with the natural environment. Trees represented an important cultural, natural and religious symbol throughout the human history. They are organisms that, with their way of existance, completely oppose the modern human way of life.

I could describe this photograph with the words of the novelist Hermann Hesse: “I revere trees when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone. They are like lonely persons.'' Sometimes I have a feeling that trees – which I consider as fascinating living beings – affect us with a kind of invisible aural forces. That's why I wanted to emphasize such a feeling with the post-production intervention.