MATTHEW SWARTS A house with tall trees in front is shown with a green-tinted, eerie, and ghostly overlay, creating a surreal and haunting effect. Bare branches and overlapping structures reflect a CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY style, heightening the unsettling atmosphere.

MATTHEW SWARTS + BRANCHES BOOK PROJECT (2023)

Art, Cambridge, contemporary photography, data manipulation, fine art, fine art photography, somerville, Trees

BRANCHES (Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts, 2021-2023). Inquiries with trees.   When the woodcutter enters the forest the trees all murmur the handle of the axe is one of us. — Aesop   I live in Somerville, Massachusetts, one of the most densely populated urban areas in New England. Most days during the pandemic I have calmed…