Simple Pleasures: Secret Life of Trees

“I feel a great regard for trees; they represent age and beauty and the miracles of life and growth.” — Louise Dickinson Rich

 

Ansel Adams, Oak Tree, Snowstorm, Yosemite National Park, CA, 1948, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Ansel Adams, Oak Tree, Snowstorm, Yosemite National Park, CA, 1948, Silver Gelatin Photograph

 

Neil Folberg, Olive Tree, 1997, Archival Pigment Photograph
Neil Folberg, Olive Tree, 1997, Archival Pigment Photograph

 

Barry Salzman, Defiant Blooms, Kamonyi, 2018, Archval Giclée Print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag
Barry Salzman, Defiant Blooms, Kamonyi, 2018, Archval Giclée Print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag

 

Albert Watson, Fairy Glen through Windshield, Isle of Skye, Scotland, Mirror Series, 2014, Archival Pigment Photograph on Linen
Albert Watson, Fairy Glen through Windshield, Isle of Skye, Scotland, Mirror Series, 2014, Archival Pigment Photograph on Linen

 

Eliot Porter, Frostbitten Apples, Tesuque, New Mexico, November 21, 1966, Dye-transfer Photograph
Eliot Porter, Frostbitten Apples, Tesuque, New Mexico, November 21, 1966, Dye-transfer Photograph

 

Brett Weston, Holland Canal, 1971, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Brett Weston, Holland Canal, 1971, Silver Gelatin Photograph

 

Michael Massaia, Drop the Sun #11 - Drop the Sun, Central Park Series, 2022, Iron and Sepia Toned Silver Gelatin Photograph
Michael Massaia, Drop the Sun #11 – Drop the Sun, Central Park Series, 2022, Iron and Sepia Toned Silver Gelatin Photograph

 

Todd Webb, Early Morning on the Plaza, Patzcuaro, Mexico, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph
Todd Webb, Early Morning on the Plaza, Patzcuaro, Mexico, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph

 

Joyce Tenneson, Blooming Tree, 2011, Infused dyes sublimated on aluminum
Joyce Tenneson, Blooming Tree, 2011, Infused dyes sublimated on aluminum

 

Melvin Sokolsky, In Trees, Paris, 1963, Infused dyes sublimated on aluminum
Melvin Sokolsky, In Trees, Paris, 1963, Infused dyes sublimated on aluminum

 

Kali, Tahoe Green, Palm Springs, CA, 1970, Archival Pigment Photograph
Kali, Tahoe Green, Palm Springs, CA, 1970, Archival Pigment Photograph

 

Dianne Blell, The Lovers, c. 2000-2007, Archival Pigment Photograph
Dianne Blell, The Lovers, c. 2000-2007, Archival Pigment Photograph

 

Edouard Boubat, Parc de Saint Cloud, 1981, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Edouard Boubat, Parc de Saint Cloud, 1981, Silver Gelatin Photograph

 

Norman Parkinson, Wenda Parkinson, Vogue, 1956, C-Type Color Photograph
Norman Parkinson, Wenda Parkinson, Vogue, 1956, C-Type Color Photograph

 

John Dugdale, Revere Thyself, 2000, Cyanotype Photograph
John Dugdale, Revere Thyself, 2000, Cyanotype Photograph

 

Sabine Weiss, Children in Tree, Paris, 1951, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Sabine Weiss, Children in Tree, Paris, 1951, Silver Gelatin Photograph

 

Michael Eastman, Cyanotype #24, 2019, Cyanotype Photograph
Michael Eastman, Cyanotype #24, 2019, Cyanotype Photograph

Simple Pleasures is an ongoing series curated by Holden Luntz Gallery, presenting a selection of our favorite pictures organized thematically.

We hope you find these photographs as a gentle reminder that there are always simple pleasures to be found.