The Four Kings

The Four Kings is a photographic study of a single oak tree with four trunks, estimated to be between 500 and 600 years old. Over the course of one year, I returned to the tree more than 100 times and spent over 300 hours photographing it.

The tree stands at the height of its life, yet carries visible signs of age and strain. For me, it became more than a subject — it became a presence, a witness, and a mirror.

This project is both a tribute and a quiet warning. It is an attempt to document the tree as an artwork in itself, while opening a wider reflection on time, vulnerability, nature, and human responsibility.

The photographs are produced as extremely high-resolution works, where detail is an essential part of the artistic expression. Each surface, branch, scar, and movement of light becomes part of the story.

The series is primarily presented in black and white to emphasize form, structure, and light, but color may also be used where it strengthens the individual image.

My role has been to convey, not to explain — to create a space where the viewer can encounter the tree, and perhaps also themselves.