Visual artists as well as writers have long extolled the existence of the tree, and photographers are no exception. From the origins of photography to the present day. photographers of every kind--whether primarily interested in form, content, or concept--have considered this iconic representation of nature, with its strong graphic form and evocative power, as a popular subject. Through the works of artists as diverse as Eugene Atget, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, William Eggleston, Gustave Le Gray, Eliot Porter, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Carleton Watkins, and sixty others, this book spans the history of photography from its inception in the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. The more than eighty photographs reproduced here present the tree in a wide range of contexts: the single tree; trees in the urban landscape; uses of trees; tree reflections and shadows; and details, abstractions, and conceptual views of trees as conceived by contemporary artists. --Book Jacket.