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Town Trees: Ashland

Against the Wall

Almost a month ago I discovered a new series to capture, images of trees that line the streets of our cities and towns, bringing a little bit of the forest to our concrete-and-asphalt world. I’ve decided to call this series “Town Trees.”

I found several Town Trees when we visited Ashland, in southern Oregon. This first one is my favorite. I love the shape of this tree, it looks like it has it’s hair all mussed up, maybe it hasn’t had a trim in a while. I love how it’s grown up right against the wall, standing straight with good posture. There were several of these in a row, sentinels guarding the parking lot along the side of a building.

Green and Gold

The colors here caught my eye, how the green and gold in the tree repeated in the windows and their reflections.

Capped

I wonder who thought to plant a tree under an awning? Maybe it was never supposed to grow this tall, but someone should have realized that this is Oregon and trees seem to grow bigger here. Maybe it was supposed to be cultured by a gardener to stay small, but someone cut the landscaping budget. Whatever happened, the tree is thriving and continues to reach for the sky. I love that.

These Town Trees all seem to have personality of their own, don’t they? I think this is going to be a fun series to capture.

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  1. great captures, so different trees planted in those streets, where I live we have lots of trees in some streets, but I think we could have more! It’s so beautiful to see a line of trees over the pavement, plus we can protect ourselves of hot sun light.

  2. Curiously, what I found attracted my attention in these photos was the architectural elements that appear across the top of each image. Lines, vertical or horizontal or both – sort of a theme within a theme. And in that second one, there’s a lovely reflection of another colorful tree across the street! I’m looking forward to seeing more of your Town Trees as you build your new series.

    • Great eye Lee! I noticed the strong horizontal lines top and bottom on these too. As if they are framing the tree, holding it in the image. 🙂 It will be interesting to see what happens in future images I find.

  4. I like this new series, Kat. Sacramento claims to have as many trees per resident as Paris does, though not quite as beautifully situated. I also like the contrast between nature and architecture. The green and gold is my fav.
    Yay for celebrating trees.

  5. Great series, Kat! And, I especially love the one with the green tree against the white wall..the graphic design quality of it..and the difference in textures…and the GREEN..especially, in this somewhat GREY month of December! Such a treat to see your work, always..any time, any season!
    Cheers!

  6. Kat,
    I really like your latest series. It is such fun to discover something new to add to it, isn’t it? I like the first shot especially – it’s like a green sentinel, standing guard.

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