Kindred Folk (2014)

These images are meant as analogies to the ironic conventions of modern living. Humans, contemporary inhabitants of earth, consist of the same stardust that formed the earth four billion years ago. We consume the physical products of nature for sustenance and harvest its energy it to build new technologies and selfish luxuries. The irony of this situation is that when we exterminate populations of trees, we are simultaneously destroying ourselves. Forests, state parks, and rural communities are all places where large territories of trees are preserved yet human encroachment is always a threat.