"I am affected by a visual experience - it is meaningful and beyond articulation. When I look at a tree, I cannot forget the invisibles - the ants, the water system inside the tree, the birds, the insects and other animals who depend on the tree for shelter and food. I try to make the invisibles felt. I have a deep empathy with nature, and when I am photographing her I feel a certain communion. I feel in love."
Ruth Bernhard
American Photographer ( 1905 – 2006)
Think about the secret life of a tree ("the invisibles") when you make a photograph of a tree and consider how your image can reflect this magical inner life that is present in most living things.
Trees and plants have the oldest souls on the planet.
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