Ancient Trees

Beth Moon's stunning images capture the power and mystery of the world's remaining ancient trees... Beth's portraits will surely inspire many to help those working to save these magnificent trees. -- Dr. Jane Goodall; Moon wields time as a tool. She typically photographs a tree over many sessions, ideally over several days... The platinum lends a luminous quality to the leaves-an echo of their function, to eat sunlight-and a leaden, indestructible weight to the trunks. -- Robert Moor, Sierra; Showcases towering redwoods, broccoli-shaped baobabs and gnarled trunks growing out of ancient temples. -- The Wall Street Journal; Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time is well named. One cannot look at Beth Moon's images of gnarled, overgrown trees and not feel the intrinsic gravity of time. -- Printers Row Journal, Chicago Tribune; In our age of mass species extinctions, we never know from where, if anywhere, consolation may come. Try looking at Beth Moon's new book, Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time. -- San Francisco Chronicle; Full of strangest and most magnificent trees ever. -- The Telegraph; [Moon] creates magical images that in their blacks and whites, silvers and grays, capture the marvel of arboreal forms and textures... [a] jewel of a book. -- Booklist, Starred Review; Trees are notoriously hard to photograph, but Moon captures their individuality with reverent portrayal. . . these are lavish, awe-inspiring pictures. . . Crossing with ease between realms of natural history and art, this will appeal to all with even the mildest horticultural or photographic interests. -- Library Journal; A project with weight and lasting beauty. . . Ancient Trees provides the kind of thorough and thoughtful portrait that each of these majestic long-lived survivors deserves. -- Christian Science Monitor;