BRANCHING
OUT

I just want to see old trees

I

A black and white portrait of a black security guard standing in front of an old fashioned botanical greenhouse. He is wearing black clothes, while trees are seen in the background.

Olisa. Le jardin du musée départemental Albert-Kahn, November 2022

Home

He wanted to leave
then later that year he said:
“Paris is my Home”.

II

A black and white portrait of a man wearing a long winter coat and hat, posing in a graveyard. In the background there are trees and the Montparnasse tower. A halo of tree branches creeps into the frame from above.

Chili, Cimetière du Montparnasse, March 2023

Chili

La France m’a tout donné!
le premier qui parle mal
d’elle je le tape!

III

A black and white portrait photo of a brother and sister who are showing their bloodied hands in front of a grave that has a tree growing out of it. They are smiling.

Agathe et Martin, Cimetière du Montparnasse, March 2023

Stars align

A thorny tree cut
deep in our hands as we cleared
the grave. Remember!

IV

A black and white portrait of a young man standing on a wooden step in front of a low hanging tree. He is wearing bright coloured clothes, standing out against the dark shades of the tree.

Hunter, Pellestrina, April 2023

Victoria

You are something and
you are nothing isn't that
amazing? Thank you.

V

A black and white photo of a park security guard standing in front of an old tall tree, both leaning into each other.

Mena, Maison de Chateaubriand, Châtenay-Malabry, April 2023

Solo Date

Nearly missed you there!
then had tea watching him walk
deep in thought, pacing.

VI

A black and white portrait photo of a cockatoo bird walking on a path in front of his mistress that is holding a Karl Lagerfeld handbag. In the background are trees.

Dali, Parc Montsouris, May 2023

Dali

Renaissance she said
With a twinkle in her eye
I knew I’d made it.

VII

A black and white portrait of a man standing in front of an art installation of a tree made of pieces of fabric, taken inside a chapel.

Dad, Sainte-Chapelle, château of Vincennes, June 2023

Tree of Life

Looking up at Dad
The apple doesn’t fall far –
From the Tree of Life.

VIII

A black and white photo of a security guard sitting on a rock bench beneath an old and tall lebanese cedar tree. He is hugging it with his hands outstretched behind him.

Lunes, Jardin des Plantes, June 2023

Lunes

Comme un Lundi
Jusque je rencontre Lunes
Puis éclats de rire.

IX

A black and white portrait of a young man wearing all white with a straw hat standing next to an old tree. He is lit up by a ray of sun. The tree has a sign stuck to it.

David and the Röth-Linde tree, Munich, July 2023

Sunk Cost Fallacy

Meandering paths –
A friendly conversation
Opportunities!

X

A black and white photo of a woman with her eyes closed holding a painting of a tree inside a building. Behind her is a wooden hole or a vortex that appears to be sucking her into another space.

Marion, Jardins Suspendus, Le Havre, August 2023

Sisyphus Casemate

Our voices echoed –
Sat talking we shared stories...
Of love, pain and trees.

XI

A black and white photo of a woman offering in her cupped hands acorns to her shadow.

Seon or Sun, Arboretum de la Vallée-aux-Loups, Châtenay-Malabry, October 2023

Shadow Work

She foraged acorns
Waited for the clouds to part
Shared her shadow… Sun.

XII

A black and white photo of a fallen Christmas tree crushing a white leaf. Behind stands the oldest tree of Paris, mangled, while by its side a group of people contemplate it. In the background stands the Église Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre de Paris.

Trees of Paris, Square René Viviani, Paris, December 2023

Ce n’est plus comme avant…

There stands an old tree
stuck in the heart of Paris…
the eye of the storm.