Death and Destruction
Walking the woods of Inverawe, I regularly notice areas where trees have suffered an ugly disfigurement through use of an automated pruning machine.
Of course, it is understandable that vehicles' passage along the road should be relative unimpeded by branches sticking in the way; however, this must be balanced with preserving a feeling of authentic woodland of healthy trees, coupled with the opinion of tourists as they drive through to the smokery. On a larger scale, there are enough people unemployed in the country, and there's no real time-urgency to complete all the pruning in a matter of hours; why not train some folk in the use of loppers and give the trees more personal attention to the benefit of all?
Thus, for five days in June 2011, I ran a short series examining the theme of "death and destruction". Each day's photograph consists of a mangled tree from the same 100-yard stretch of road with an abstract background texture, a uniform cool-green colour toning, all in square format (taken using the Panasonic Lumix GH2 and Pentacon 50mm f/1.8 prime lens), and a short text on the subject of death.
Any and all the photos are available for sale as prints via my 500px site.
