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Women in trees,
compiled
by collector Jochen Raiss,

in a book edited by Hatje Cantz.

Rummaging through found photos in antique stalls and flea markets, German Jochen Raiß noticed a curious trend in amateur photography from the 1920s to the 1950s: there were a lot of women posing in trees. So many of them, in fact, that Raiß spent the next 25 years hunting for tree-themed photographs, building up a sizable archive of around 1500 snapshots.

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Women in Trees

:: Vintage photographs discovered on flea market excursions alerted collector Jochen Raiss to this phenomenon, which was remarkably popular between the 1920s and 1950s yet never made into a book—until now. These photographs, compiled by Raiss over 25 years, feature young women at dizzying heights, often smiling into the camera as if they were in love. Whether the women are cheerfully dangling their legs, casually nestling in the branches, or athletically climbing to the treetop, each picture has its own story to tell.

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Caprice by Nell Dorr, 1929

Nell Dorr (1893-1988) :: Caprice, 1929. Gelatin silver print. Bequest of Nell Dorr. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art