The story behind the photograph
A late November 2025 trip to Kochi, Japan, found us later going up country, hiking to eventually summit Mount Tsurugi. The remote area of Japan had some of the best culture and people one could imagine, and breathtaking beauty of the Japanese forest on the way to the summit”
Tsurugi Forest
In Tom Bartel's words
“A late November 2025 trip to Kochi, Japan, found us later going up country, hiking to eventually summit Mount Tsurugi.”
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Format
Crisp detail on archival fine-art paper, set behind glazing in a gallery frame.
Size
Holds a wall on its own, over a console or desk
33.5″ × 25.5″ on the wall, with the frame
Good detail. Made to be seen from a step or two back, as a piece this size usually is.
Frame: Black
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- Each piece is printed for you, so we can’t take back an undamaged one.
A broad, moss-flecked maple spreads its low horizontal limbs across a sloping woodland floor, its canopy turned full gold and amber at the height of autumn. Backlighting pours through the leaves so they read almost translucent, while slender younger trunks stand in shadow against the glow. Scattered sunlight reaches the understorey below, catching green ground cover and a litter of fallen leaves on the hillside.
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This photograph was developed in our studio and set with words, for anyone who wants the place and the words together.
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