The LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph is still a good two weeks away—it returns to town June 9-11—but related exhibits are popping up well in advance of the opening date. Heralding the approach, as usual, is the TREES exhibit, with large images posted in the trees running all the way down the Downtown Mall.
This year’s TREES photographer is George Steinmetz, an exploration photographer and regular contributor to National Geographic who shoots aerial photographs of desolate regions from a motorized paraglider. He writes, "From the sky I can see the forces that have shaped the land: wind, rain, volcanoes, faults, and increasingly the machinery of humankind. Most of the wetter regions have been developed by humans so deserts have become some of the last great wilderness areas left on our planet, and are equally worthy of protection."
Steinmetz gives a presentation at The Paramount Theater on June 8, 2011, at 7:30pm
See more here or on the Mall.
And parents, worry not—this year’s TREES exhibit is PG.