"IMAGES IN TREES" In Search of Colours, Forms and Figures As a rule, photographers are always searching; searching for motifs and ideas. Paul Rolans has found his motif and his idea: trees. In recent decades we have come to appreciate that trees and forests fulfil vital live-giving functions in the rhythms and cycles of Nature. Paul Rolans knows these functions, he has forged an intimate relationship to Nature and especially to trees. In the literal sense of the word he is seeking to get close to them. The word tree tends to evoke an associative chain of images in our minds: the trunk and crown, perhaps the colour green. Yet by intensifying his exploration, Paul Rolans' photos avoid these superficial clicheés.His objective is to challenge our normal, selective perception which usually only registers general features. He sensitises the observer's
IT`S TREE TIME - Images in Trees by Paul Rolans