Magnum Photos

Exhibition - Giving Trees 

Magnum Photographers 

Magnum Gallery, Paris
23 June - 10 September, 2011


Celebrated by most ancient civilizations, the tree has stood for the center of the cosmos and the origin of creation. This exhibition presents a range of photographs that reveal various artistic responses to the perennial subject. Documenting primeval forests and cultivated nature, these images explore the tree in its many connotations—as a graphic form, an evocative emblem, and vital evidence of the natural world in which we live.

To celebrate the International Year of Forests declared by the United Nations in 2011 and in collaboration with... 

Martine Franck 1994

FRANCE. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Saint-Etienne-les-Orgues. Notre-Dame... 

Martine Franck 1994

FRANCE. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Montjustin. Oak tree. 

Stuart Franklin 1997

Scotland. Last fragment of Caledonian Pine forest, West Scotland.... 

Stuart Franklin 1997

GB. SCOTLAND. 1997. Remaining strands of the ancient Caledonian... 

Rene Burri 1963

Fort Rhotas. Located 109 kms from south of Rawalpindi. It was... 

Harry Gruyaert 1988

BELGIUM. Limbourg's province. 1988 

Mark Power 2007

POLAND. BYDGOSZCZ.
September 2007. 

Dennis Stock 1955

USA. Indiana. Fairmount. 1955. In 1955 James DEAN visited the... 

Larry Towell 1998

CANADA. Ontario. 1998. Haldinard- Norfolk county. Mennonites.... 

Larry Towell 1990

CANADA. Lambton County, Ontario. 1990. Naomi TOWELL with her... 

Bruce Davidson 1992

USA. New York City. 1992. Central Park. 

Bruce Davidson 1992

USA. New York City. 1992. Couple at roots of tree in Central... 

Peter Marlow 2004

AUSTRALIA. UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Queensland Wet Tropics.... 

Peter Marlow 2004

AUSTRALIA. UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Queensland Wet Tropics.... 

Trent Parke 2004

AUSTRALIA. N.S.W. Newcastle. Opossum jumping from tree. 2004 

Jean Gaumy 2000

Gujan Mestras. April 11, 2000.

Danny Lyon 2000

USA. Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. 2000. The Canyon de Chelly, in... 

Danny Lyon 1997

USA. New Mexico. 1997. The gorge of the Rio Grande, a.k.a. "The... 

Gilles Peress 1994

TANZANIA. 1994. Rwandan refugee camp in the Ngara region, near... 

Patrick Zachmann 1983

FRANCE. Highways. 1983. 

Patrick Zachmann 1982

Patrick Zachmann 1985

FRANCE. Highway A1 

Patrick Zachmann 1983

France. Languedoc-Roussillon. Pyrénées Orientales. 

Patrick Zachmann 1982

Jim Goldberg 2008

SENEGAl. Dakar. 2008. Poaching. Open see. 
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