Alex Turner American, b. 1984
Canyon Live Oak, Stunted by Wind, Estimated 300 Years Old, Monterey County, CA, 2025
Gelatin silver print mounted to museum board
14 x 35 in.
On the wind-swept slopes of the Santa Lucia Mountains, mature Canyon Live Oaks often grow low and wide, their gnarled limbs shaped by constant wind. This grove of oaks grew...
On the wind-swept slopes of the Santa Lucia Mountains, mature Canyon Live Oaks often grow low and wide, their gnarled limbs shaped by constant wind. This grove of oaks grew horizontally until a landslide over ten years ago changed the topography and calmed the winds, allowing new vertical growth.