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Lost Trees in Ottawa

Lost trees and life imbalance in construction-driven Ottawa

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Trees are our largest living companions. Their longevity can easily exceed ours. In the woods or the forest we feel at home, safe in their company, along with myriads of other life forms.

In the city we used to adore our street trees. Our dwellings were made from the trees around us, insides trimmed with their produce.

But now we spurn the warmth of their wood, we no longer value the breathing canopy above us.

This collection explores the Lost Trees in the city of Ottawa and invites us to contemplate what we have forsaken.


View the gallery by clicking on a photo to start. You may also view the narrative.

a decaying treeLife Cycle
Reflection
A Lost Tree
Soviet architecture
Lost lights
Lost channel
Lost architecture
Overpowering
Cartesian order
Lost churches
Red line
Lost cloud
Construction cranes
Church and its Tree
Harbinger of doom
Gateway
Pastels
Alignment
Wind
Funnelled wind
Billboards
Luxury
But not Luxurious
Black Gluckstein
Street Trees
Black ArtHaus
Hills
Cladding
The Root of All Evil
Overlooked
Conformity
Heat
Alone
Renewal

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