Mitch Epstein, Tree Stalker

Mitch Epstein, Tree Stalker

The photographer goes into detail about his process for selecting and shooting the arboreal landmarks featured in our Voyages Issue.

via The 6th Floor Blog: http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/11/mitch-epstein-tree-stalker/?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

Before bringing the 8-by-10 camera, I photographed the tree several times with a little digital camera. I spent time with the tree. It was January, and I first had to educate myself as to when the light would be at a favorable vantage point in the sky.