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Classic Canadian Literature and Modern Canadian Trees

by Siobhan
Art & Photography + Design & Typography / November 01, 2010

The New York Times Sunday Book Review ran a great feature on The Native Trees of Canada this weekend.

Leanne Shapton was inspired to create the book after discovering a copy of “Native Trees of Canada, Bulletin No. 61, Fifth Edition,” originally published in 1917 by the Forestry Branch of the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources.

In its flat, monochrome survey photographs I saw a simplified version of the Canadian landscape, like the one I understood as a child. Seeing the pictures reminded me of our capacity to colorize memories, some not even our own. I made a series of paintings from the book, and afterward, whenever I read a story, any mention of a tree stood out like an old friend.

Check out the New York Times Sunday Book Review feature to read how Leanne matches up passages from classic Canadian literature with her modern trees.

Unchopping a Tree

by Dan
Art & Photography + Environment / January 12, 2010

Lewis Blackwell's beautiful book The Life and Love of Trees has been receiving a lot of media attention recently, not least from Ellen Degeneres. But if you need reminding why trees are important, take a couple of minutes to watch this stunning film by artist and architect Maya Lin for the What Is Missing Foundation:

Maya Lin - Unchopping a Tree from What is Missing? Foundation on Vimeo.

(via Kottke)