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Beth Moon
Beth Moon
Beth Moon
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For almost three decades, Beth Moon has photographed some of the world's oldest and most extraordinary trees, creating a body of work that explores time, memory, mortality, and the enduring power of the natural world.
Moon has earned international recognition for her large-scale, richly toned platinum prints. Since 1999, her photographs have been exhibited in more than ninety solo and group exhibitions worldwide and have received critical acclaim in leading fine art publications internationally.
Her work is held in numerous public and private collections, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, the Louisiana Art & Science Museum, and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Bolzano, Italy.
She is the author of six monographs with translated versions in French and German: including Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time, Ancient Trees: Ancient Skies, Baobab, and Oak: From Seed to Ancient Tree (Abbeville Press).
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Todd Forrest
Todd Forrest
Todd Forrest
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Todd Forrest is Arthur Ross Vice President for Horticulture and Living Collections at the New York Botanical Garden. He oversees the team of managers, curators, and horticulturists who steward the Garden's natural landscapes, plant collections, gardens, and glasshouses and develop its celebrated horticulture exhibitions.
An advocate for historic trees and forests in urban landscapes and public gardens, Forrest is the primary author of Gardening with Nature at The New York Botanical Garden and The Magnificent Trees of The New York Botanical Garden and contributed essays to The Conservatory: Gardens Under Glass, The Trees of North America: Michaux and Redoute's American Masterpiece, and Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time.
He earned a BA in Philosophy at Wesleyan and worked as a curatorial assistant at Boston's Arnold Arboretum before receiving his Master of Forest Science from Yale University's School of the Environment. With knowledge of international gardens, he also completed a course on the art of Japanese gardens, in Kyoto.
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