Dead Trees - Mt. Mitchell                                                               Steve Dixon
Technical and Purchase Information

Camera/Lens:Arca-Swiss view, 65mm Raptar
Format: 6x9        
Film: 120 TMAX
Print Sizes Available: 8x10, 11x14, 16x20


All prints are on double-weight fiber-based paper, archivally
processed, selenium toned,signed and dry-mounted. Mats are
archival quality and acid free.  Actual print sizes may vary slightly.
A tiny insect called the balsam wooly adelgid is killing what used to be a thick, dark green forest that once
covered many of the highest mountains in Western North Carolina. The trees were so thick and so dark that
the mountains appeared black from a distance.  Weakened by acid rain and fog, mostly created by coal-fired
power plants to the west and north, the trees are easy prey to the imported pest.  Hiking along the ridge
north of Mt. Mitchell with a friend, we came upon this other pair of old friends, who lived and died side by
side, suffering a fate that will eventually befall all their relatives on the ridges beyond.  The trees are in no
apparent danger of extinction, as the insect takes so long to kill them that they are able to reproduce, but the
forest is becoming one of exclusively young trees and old snags.
Sizes
As most people seem to
prefer them, prices are
for framed prints, ready
to hang.  I use a very
nice matt black wood
frame 7/8 of an inch
wide, with a white mat.  If
you would like to order
unframed prints, go to
the "Purchase" page for
pricing.