photography, multiple image overlays, adobe lightroom & photoshop used. No AI but if so it will be annotated as such with the image.
Trees appear to communicate with each other via fungal networks to combat threats, nicknamed by researchers the 'wood wide web'. By sharing information and resources the older trees are enabled to give special attention to their offspring and young saplings. Nutrients and water are distributed via the fungal filaments (mycorrhizae) that connect their roots. The fungus is is rewarded, for the information channels, by the supply of plentiful nutrients. There is much research to be done on this subject as this type of communication is little understood.
Uncovering a pile of damp rotting pine planks I discovered myriads of intricate fronds of fungus entwined around the wood. Each fungus laden layer resembled diminutive forests. By merging images of pine trees with the fungus photographs I set about exploring the resemblances between the trees and their symbiotic partner; together revealing re-imagined surreal forest landscapes, celebrating the cooperative ecosystem.
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