Monday, August 01, 2011

Bark

"Not only do we come in contact with it constantly in our daily lives, from cinnamon to cork to chewing gum to rubber, but it’s also a hauntingly beautiful, textured piece of living matter that looks like the skin of some magnificent mythical dragon. French photographer Cedric Pollet travels the world to capture this beauty and has documented it in his gorgeous new book, Bark: An Intimate Look at the World’s Trees.

The embedded photos show the bark of the ocotillo tree, a Mindonoan gum, and a type of manzanita.

Text and photos from Brain Pickings, and Dark Roasted Blend Via TYWKIWDBI.

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