Beth Moon Photographs The Oldest Trees of The Earth

For the past fourteen years, Beth Moon has traveled in search of the oldest trees in the world.
She has crossed the earth with the goal of capturing the perfect photograph of each of these incredible living sculptures. Their mysterious, powerful beauty connects us to a sense of time and nature much greater than ourselves.

They are among the oldest living monuments in the world, and Beth Moon believes these trees symbolize richness and memory, reminding us to pay attention to the environment.

Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time is a book of works, a project that demonstrates the weight and beauty of life.
Moon tells the natural and cultural history of each surviving ancient tree, some of them more than a thousand years old.

Beth Moon reflects on how the test of time is revealed in the folds of the bark of a gnarled old tree, imperfect and beautiful.

Photographs change.

Images survive.
Photographs carry time.
Beth Moon