Black-and-white photograph of a twisted tree rooted among desert rocks, with cliffs and distant stone pinnacles.

The Shape of Endurance

MG-1904

September 2024

About this piece

A gnarled tree rises from sloping rock, its exposed roots and divided trunk set against an open desert sky. Strong sunlight describes the grain of the wood and the fractured cliff at left, while branching shadows stretch across the foreground. Rendered in black and white, the composition balances the tree’s intricate silhouette with the weight of stone and the quiet distance beyond.

The story

September light falls across the rock, catching the ridges of a trunk that turns back upon itself. One limb reaches sideways into open sky; another carries a dense crown of foliage. Below, a root follows the slope like a length of unraveled rope. Distant pinnacles stand beneath gathering clouds, while the tree lays its branching shadow across the bare ground.

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