On August 18, 2005, photographer Kevin Day took a picture of a dead tree. Five years worth of photographs later, he finds himself with an absolutely gorgeous photo set all centered around that same tree.
I have to admit, upon first hearing of the concept, I immediately assumed the set would be rather dull. Five years of photographing a single tree, a dead one at that, could have easily birthed several albums full of repeats; but, as I scrolled down the article, I found myself astounded by the versatility and raw creativity of his shots. In an interview with ‘My Modern Metropolis’, Day described how he achieved such variety in his photography:
“I think that is what has fascinated me more than anything else, there is this wonderful old tree unchanging over the years and yet I can take hundreds of photos of it during the seasons and very few of them look the same. It is all about the change around the constant.“
As we go about our day to day lives, passing the same offices, homes and trees over and over again, it is all too easy to fall into a rut of routine monotony; too easy to, for lack of curiosity, begin to slowly ignore that which is familiar to us. However, Mr. Day proves with his photography, that it’s all about rediscovery.
Everything in our lives, no matter how well we may think we know it, holds ,and will forever hold, a hidden beauty. All that’s left for us is to open our eyes and receive the beauty laden world that awaits us.
To see the rest of the photographs, click here.
in love and rediscovery,
iman
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