Tree… #7
(2014)
from the Tree abroad series

• Myoung Ho LEE

The trees in these photographs have been isolated from their environment by artfully placed backdrops of pristine white canvas. Lee’s interventions into the landscape highlight the unique form of each of the trees; the limbs and foliage are shown in crisp detail, and appear to have been flattened out, reduced to elegant graphic elements floating in space. The setting in which each tree grows can be seen extending beyond Lee’s blank backdrops. Each plant is shown paradoxically as both isolated from its context, and situated within its habitat.