trees

Unsettling Photographs of Mirrored, Floating Trees

What happens when you take a mirror into the natural world? In Traci Griffin’s work, which we recently spotted over at Faith is Torment, the photographer reflects images of trees back into themselves, creating strange formations that seem wholly one with and apart from their original selves. The floating branches become something altogether new, looking alternately like enormous insects, or family crests, or racks of antlers on unseen stags. As Griffin explains, ”I read about symmetry in art, which seemed needlessly complicated. I learned that exact symmetry cannot be found in nature and allegedly the concept of symmetry in the universe has tormented famous philosophers for centuries. Perhaps this is why the images are slightly disconcerting. Personally, this project for me is simply about seeing something completely different in something so ordinary.” Check out a few of our favorites after the jump, and then head over to Griffin’s website to see more of her work. … Read More

  • 0

Photographs of People Leaning at Extreme Angles

Trees are much better than people at growing at extreme angles. That said, people can get pretty extreme too, as evidenced by Lean With It, a charming photo series from Chicago-based cool kid photographer Paul Octavious that we first spotted over at Colossal. We love the quiet absurdity of these photographs — Octavious finds trees growing naturally at weird angles, and photographs people mimicking their shape, sometimes leaning so far over that we can’t help but imagine the epic face-plant that must have come a split second after the photo was taken. Click through to check out a few photos from Octavious’ Lean With It series, and then be sure to head over to his website to see even more of his great work. … Read More

  • 0