Over the decades of a tree's life, the good and bad times are reflected in the lifelines in the bark - just like the wrinkles in the faces of old people. The entire process of image creation runs analogously. Photographs are taken on black and white negative film in 35 mm. The photos presented here are scans from hand prints on silver-gelatine baryt paper. Leica R8, Leica Apo Macro-Elmarit-R 1:2,8/100, Scanned with Epson DS 50000.