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Onwards and upwards / the Continuum

Onwards and Upwards / The Continuum, is a series of photographs that portrays decaying trees, fostering new life in the material they leave behind. In the Pacific Northwest new trees often grow from a nest in the crown of a stump and eventually the roots integrate the old tree into their being. Onwards and upwards is a phrase my father used often, as much a rallying cry for himself as words of encouragement for us. In the tangle of life, energy is not lost, it is merely transferred.