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Into the Woods: Trees in Photography
Trees have inspired photographers from the beginnings of the medium to the present day
Trees have inspired photographers from the beginnings of the medium to the present day
This display explores the diverse representation of trees in photography: as botanical subjects and poetic symbols, in the context of the natural and human worlds.
This display is now closed at V&A South Kensington
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Gustave Le Gray, In the Forest of Fontainbleau (Bas-Bréau), 1852 -
Royal Engineers, Cutting on the 49th Parallel, on the Right Bank of the Mooyie River Looking West, about 1860 -
Alfred Stieglitz, Poplars, Lake George, 1932 © Alfred Stieglitz, Gift of the Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation -
Ansel Adams, Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958 © Ansel Adams -
Gerhard Stromberg, Coppice (King’s Wood), 1994 © Gerhard Stromberg -
Mark Edwards, Rotting Apples from the series What Has Been Gathered Will Disperse, 2004 © Mark Edwards -
Tal Shochat, Rimon (Pomegranate), 2011 © Tal Shochat -
Awoiska van der Molen, #274-5 from the series Sequester, 2011 © Awoiska van der Molen -
Tokihiro Sato, Hakkoda #2, 2009 © Tokihiro Sato, Courtesy Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects -
Samuel Bourne, Poplar Avenue, Srinuggur, Kashmir, from the end, 1864
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Mark Edwards, Rotting Apples from the series What Has Been Gathered Will Disperse, 2004. Museum no. E.399-2005. © Mark Edwards