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Photography by Rachel Sussman titled "Dead Huon Pine adjacent to living population segment #1211- 3609 (10,500 years o" - 1.

Dead Huon Pine adjacent to living population segment #1211- 3609 (10,500 years o Rachel Sussman

$15,850

Rachel's series "The Oldest Living Things in the World" combines the practice of scientific research with visual art. Each photograph captures organisms that are thousands of years old, presenting the viewer with a closer look at our own relationship with nature.
Materials Full title: Dead Huon Pine adjacent to living population segment #1211- 3609 (10,500 years old, Mount Read, Tasmania) Digital C-print
(47 x 57 framed)
Frame: Black (Recommended)

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I chose to seek out the oldest individual "unitary organisms and clonal colonies alike" that have been alive for 2,000 years or more.

Rachel Sussman, The Oldest Living Things in the World

About the Artist

Rachel Sussman is a photographer whose landscape imagery expands across the globe and combines both scientific research and large format techniques.

News and Notables
  • Exhibited at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 2022
  • Solo exhibition, Harvard Divinity School, 2021
  • Discovery Explorers Club 50, Class of 2022