THE TREE IN PHOTOGRAPHS

The selection of eighty-one images carefully culled from the J. Paul Getty Museum's permanent collection of photographs and reproduc ed in color presents the tree in various contexts: the single tree/ trees in the urban landscape/ uses of trees/ tree reflections an d shadows/ and details, abstractions, and conceptual views of trees as conceived by contemporary artists. This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition In Focus: The Tree, to be held at the J. Paul Getty Museum from February 15 to June 3, 2011.