Frank Relle’s Photos Revel in Louisiana’s Otherworldly Swampland
When photographer Frank Relle was nine years old, he remembers sneaking out of the house he grew up in in New Orleans just before daybreak…
In ‘Funeral for a Tree,’ Steve Parker Etches Bird Song into Playable Oak Records
When a 65-year-old tree succumbed to a fungus known as oak wilt, Steve Parker wanted to pay tribute. The wooded habitat had previously loomed above…
An Expansive Survey in Scotland Celebrates Five Decades of Land Art by Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy grew up on the edge of Leeds, with Yorkshire’s rural fields in one direction and the city’s urban center in the other. As…
Charles Gaines Maps the Meanings of Ancient Baobab Trees in Meticulous Charts
Since the 1970s, Charles Gaines (previously) has been charting the sprawling, unpredictable forms of trees onto numbered grids. He began with walnut trees in 1975,…
Paper Christmas Trees by Maho Motoyama Take Holiday Boxes to a New Level
From single sheets of green paper, Los Angeles-based designer Maho Motoyama devises a veritable forest of Christmas tree-shaped boxes. Ranging from a few basic folds…
