Every continent or country has its own, typical fauna and flora. Some countries develop specific traditions and meanings for plants and trees aside of pharmaceutical aspects. For example the oak tree in Germany stands for stability. Agamid more, or green trees remind of Christmas.
When I started the photograms in 1995, found an image that never left my mind, because of its strong structure and abstracts. I kept thinking of it and shorted more and deeper researches. What I found war quit stunning. Real trees of a certain high, when you call them a tree by definition, and that are originally from this continent on only about twenty different kinds of trees.
We ore Hold surrounded by forest, we shill know what a tree looks like. But we are slowly losing a more precise knowledge of our environment. TM this project “arbor” ‘gave every kind of tree a Square image. What you see is an abstract form; a cutout of a leaf. Sometimes it looks like an aerial shot.
![Thomas Kellner: acer pseudoplatanus, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: acer pseudoplatanus, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/a/csm_Bergahorn1_e9eec5a83c.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: betula pendula, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: betula pendula, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/f/csm_Birke_8a8b585861.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: sorbus aucuparia, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: sorbus aucuparia, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/f/csm_Eberesche_a58cc3e108.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: fraxinus exelcior, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: fraxinus exelcior, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/d/csm_Esche_3cc077e40d.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: populus tremula, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: populus tremula, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/8/csm_Espe_bc20bf53e2.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: castanea sativa, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: castanea sativa, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/0/1/csm_Esskastanie_da306d9d57.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: carpinus betulus, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: carpinus betulus, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/6/csm_Hainbuchenweide1_d7a636fb74.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: tilia cordata, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: tilia cordata, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/e/csm_Linde_efec1a0ea6.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: mespilus germanica, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: mespilus germanica, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/6/csm_Mispel_53a4ca6681.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: juglans regia, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: juglans regia, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/8/csm_Nussbaum1_4320a33ee3.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: robinia pseudacacia, 2002, BW_Print Thomas Kellner: robinia pseudacacia, 2002, BW_Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/5/csm_Robinie_900a5dae1a.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: aesculus hippocastanum, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: aesculus hippocastanum, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/b/csm_Rosskastanie_789b6dc6a5.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: fagus silvatica, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: fagus silvatica, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/8/csm_Rotbuche_09186977bd.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: Alnus rubra, 2002, BW-Print, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: Alnus rubra, 2002, BW-Print, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/0/csm_Roterle_58f2de19a5.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: quercus robur, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: quercus robur, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/0/c/csm_Stieleiche_8740ba5bc5.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: ulmus glabra, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: ulmus glabra, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/4/csm_Ulme2_0ca5033e82.jpg)
![Thomas Kellner: prunus avium, 2002, BW-Print Thomas Kellner: prunus avium, 2002, BW-Print](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/6/csm_Vogelkirsche_26fd4e2cb2.jpg)