Blackened Life

Blackened Life

Deadvlei, Namibia

from $540

  • 16×24″ — $540
  • 24×36″ — $1,100
  • 30×45″ — $1,800
  • 40×60″ — $3,200
Blackened Life shown in a living room

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The Story Behind This Print

Same dead camel thorn trees as I AM GROOT — blackened for centuries, preserved by a climate too dry to let anything rot, since the Tsauchab River was cut off from this clay pan roughly 900 years ago. But where that shot isolates a single tree, this one is more of a gathering: several trunks standing together, composed almost like a still life, each holding its own shape and shadow against the white pan and the dunes behind it.

Each print begins as a Lumachrome exposure on metallic photographic paper, then is face-mounted beneath acrylic for extraordinary depth and color. Most images can also be custom-sized up to 120″ on the longest side — just ask.

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