The Last Stand
The members of Ellingsen’s family have worked in the logging industry for generations. The tree stumps we see in the photographs are situated on the family’s land, the trees have been cut down by hand by the family.
The photographer literally grew up in the woods and experienced his first walk alone, aged six or seven, as a fearful encounter with tree stumps that looked like skulls. His portraits of tree stumps commemorate and embody the old woods, which are gradually disappearing under new growth. It serves as a warning for perpetual logging, occurring all around the world, in the pursuit of profit.
