20 Of The World’s Oldest Trees Took 14 Years To Photograph

Beth Moon is a San Francisco based photographer who set out to photography some of the largest, oldest and rarest trees that are currently on the earth. Travelling for 14 years, she has visited 5 continents, resulting is 60 magnificent photos of the world’s oldest trees.

She recently published a book, titled, Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time. Some of the photos look old themselves, with the age of the trees focus, Beth used a rare and tricky practice way of  printing called, platinum and palladium.

Beth selected the ancient trees based on 3 criteria’s, their age, size and history. She states:

Standing as the Earth’s largest and oldest living monuments, I believe these symbolic trees will take on a greater significance, especially at a time when our focus is directed at finding better ways to live with the environment.

Take some time out of your busy day to look at these 20 Of The World’s Oldest Trees Took 14 Years To Photograph.

More info: bethmoon.com | abbeville.com (h/t: colossal, huffpost)