"Nadav Kander is a Kentish Town-based photographer who is well known for his moody, atmospheric photographs. Scratch that, he's the man behind some of my most beloved photographs of artists, such as David Lynch, Adam Pearson, Benicio Del Toro and other magnetic subjects, in which his photographic eye for light and darkness pulls powerful auras from the celebrity faces we have seen thousands of times."
"Treow, the newest set of photographs in this trio, means not only tree in Old English, but also trust and promise (giving new meaning to the phrase "as strong as oak"). "How perfect as I, for a long time, have been photographing trees or including them in my landscapes," says Nadav. "I only found the dormant tree, the sleeping giants, the tree waiting for renewal profound to me. There is a strength to their endurance, their age and a solid patience to their waiting.""
Nadav Kander assembles three bodies of work—Dark Line, Colour Fields, and Treow—that shift focus from celebrity portraiture to emotive landscapes. The images use moody light and controlled darkness to produce atmospheric scenes that carry portrait-like presence and human history. Treow centers on dormant, towering trees presented as 'sleeping giants' that embody endurance, age, and patient waiting. Trees are depicted with wrinkles, unique shapes, and a humanized presence that conveys trust, promise, and a resilient permanence akin to familial relation with humans.
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