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:
Osaka, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Osaka, Japan
Stanford, United States
Seoul, Korea
Tokyo, Japan
Seoul, Korea
Seoul, Korea
Seoul, Korea
Qingdao, China
Seoul, Korea
Seoul, Korea
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
Browse more of Lydon’s internationally-exhibited work, incorporating film, photography, writing, mixed-media installations, and community engagements, with aim to inspire insightful, empathic relationships with the living world around us.