Mitch Epstein, Tree Stalker

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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.