We typically separate what is “urban” from what is “nature”. The photographs in Wonderland #3: Trees Thriving in Glorious Nature suggests subtle moments of interconnection. Photographed in cities around the world over the course of more than a decade, these frames depict moments where trees and buildings seem to take on the presence of actors, questioning the imagined lines of separation that we erect between our cities and the rest of the natural world.

Medium: photography
Years: 2008 — current
Location: international

Images

A selection of images from Wonderland #3: Trees Thriving in Glorious Nature:

Exhibitions

Selected images from this series have been exhibited in:

Forest is the Artist, PlaceMAK Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Food, Art, Nature, TENT Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Human+City+Nature, Space Noah, Seoul, South Korea
Benefit Exhibition, WORKS Gallery, San Jose, United States
Portraits of Japan (Tōhoku Benefit), Koji, San Jose, United States
FOTO: Pushing Boundaries, Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, United States

Publications

Selected images and writings related to this series have been published in:

Art and Ecology at the Edge of Osaka, Japan
Landscape Architecture Frontiers Journal // Spring 2021 (Vol. 9, Issue 1); DOI: 10.15302/J-LAF-1-050029
“불안과 경쟁 없는 이곳에서 ” (A Place Without Anxiety or Competition)
열매하나 (Yeolmaehana Books) / Co-authored with Suhee Kang; ISBN:9791196171117
“자연농” (Final Straw: Wisdom from the Field)
그물코 (Gemulko Books) / Co-authored with Suhee Kang ; ISBN: 9788990090775
A City Designed by Trees
Kyoto Journal, Issue 95 // Fall 2019
A City Designed by Trees, The Nature of Cities
Farmers, Chefs & Lawyers: Building an Ecology of One, SocieCity
Finding Peace at Zōjō-ji Temple, Tokyo Times

More Projects

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