Balog, James. Tree: A New Vision of the American Forest. Photographs by James Balog. Untitled (Friends of Photography) high-contrast black-and-white

high-contrast black-and-white

with photographs of industrial society

Inscription on flyleaf with remembrance of Father LaFarge

and the faces of a displaced population

Balog, James. Tree: A New Vision of the American Forest. Photographs by James Balog. Untitled (Friends of Photography) high-contrast black-and-whiteSterling, 2004. First edition, first printing; fine with fine protected dust jacket. 182 pages, three foldouts. Foreword by David Friend. Includes Balogs photographs of trees in black and white and in color, often employing composite prints of multiple images and some panoramas. A winner of the Leica Medal of Excellence and the first photographer to be selected to design United States postage stamps, Balog has been widely acclaimed for his innovative