Sequoia rebirth

Hiking among the giant Sequoia trees of the western United States can be a humbling experience. It is one of the most dramatic presentations of the power and sheer scale of Nature. I photographed these trees and the nearby landscape over the course of days. Then I combined the images trying to give a sense of the power of these huge trees when they are all together. I included a new-growth tree on the left side of the photo as a reminder of how Nature replenishes itself through rebirth. I call my technique “Image Architecture” where my approach to constructing the image is to first break apart a scene into component parts by taking many photographs of the scene from myriad angles – from the air, from the land, at different times of day, etc. -- then use those parts as the building blocks for reconstructing a new scene with minimalist, geometric, and architectural overtones.