Abstract nominee

Sequoia Obscura, is a series of works documenting the unlit recesses of Coastal Redwood Trees (Sequoia Sempervirens), an endangered lifeform that grows to be the kind of tree on Earth. Utilizing lighting techniques honed over the course of the last year, the aim of the series, is to provide a new portrait of the ancient lifeforms. A portrait that honors that their cycles of growth, decay and regeneration unfold over the course of millennia. A portrait that hopes to advance another sense of their beauty, by documenting the colorful harbors of life latent in their otherwise, obscure depths.

Lance Oditt is a fine art and documentary photographer based in Seattle, Washington. Lance is the Photographer at Large for the Western Aspen Alliance and the Executive Director of Accessibility for Quiet Parks International. His work documenting the endangered Pando Forest for Western Aspen Alliance has appeared in Discover Magazine, PBS Newshour, The New York Times, Topos Magazine and Nature. His work helping promote Quiet Parks International pairs his field work utilizing experimental VR techniques with his passion creating media and content accessible to all people regardless of ability or faculty. His photographic works have been shown at Microsoft (Redmond, WA), the APA San Fransisco's "Something Personal" exhibit (2018) and have been commended and shown online by the National Forest Foundation.