Black-and-white photograph of a gnarled, leafless tree on a sloping rock face beneath an open sky.

The Shape of Endurance

MG-1896

September 2024

About this piece

A leafless tree spreads its contorted branches above a sloping expanse of fractured rock. Strong light articulates the grain of wood and stone, while the black-and-white composition sets their intricate textures against a broad, nearly empty sky. The low viewpoint gives the tree a sculptural presence, at once exposed and resolute.

The story

September light falls across the rock, catching its ridges and the tree’s weathered limbs. A low shrub gathers close to the slope, while the bare branches reach into open space. Every turn of the wood holds a different measure of shadow. Above the descending stone, the tree seems to gather the silence into its outstretched crown.

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