Treegirl
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My earliest recollection of the natural environment was collecting wild mushrooms in the back paddock. It puzzled me that these things were growing out of the ground, we didn’t plant them but here they were. It felt like a treasure hunt and all that was needed was a keen eye.
Some years later I studied environmental science and this allowed further exploration of the natural environment. I developed an understanding of why things were, from the earliest life forms to the great and constant movement of the land masses.
Most fascinating of all was how humans fitted into the picture. All living organisms are made from the same fundamental building blocks, 4 humble base acids. That’s it. It’s so simple, yet there is such diversity. The varying combinations of these 4 produce all that is and was alive and living.
Given the molecular similarities of all organisms it’s odd that over time we have created an environment of our own which is completely independent from the natural world. We no longer have to get wet when it rains or feel hot in the peak of Summer, we go to supermarkets to get our food instead of tending our crops. So different and isolated is our created world, that we rarely notice the living, natural space we share with everything else.
Through my photography I hope to inspire people to reengage with their natural environment and to see the every day beauty of their surroundings.
