• THE TREE OF LIFE: ARTISTS’ EDITION BOX
  • THE TREE OF LIFE: ARTISTS’ EDITION BOX by Pascual Martínez + Vincent Sáez
  • THE TREE OF LIFE: ARTISTS’ EDITION BOX by Pascual Martínez + Vincent Sáez
  • THE TREE OF LIFE: ARTISTS’ EDITION BOX by Pascual Martínez + Vincent Sáez
  • THE TREE OF LIFE: ARTISTS’ EDITION BOX by Pascual Martínez + Vincent Sáez
  • The Tree of Life is Eternally Green - Pascual Martinez & Vincent Saez
  • The Tree of Life is Eternally Green - Pascual Martinez & Vincent Saez
  • The Tree of Life is Eternally Green - Pascual Martinez & Vincent Saez
  • The Tree of Life is Eternally Green - Pascual Martinez & Vincent Saez
  • The Tree of Life is Eternally Green - Pascual Martinez & Vincent Saez
  • The Tree of Life is Eternally Green - Pascual Martinez & Vincent Saez
  • THE TREE OF LIFE: ARTISTS’ EDITION BOX by Pascual Martínez + Vincent Sáez
  • THE TREE OF LIFE: ARTISTS’ EDITION BOX by Pascual Martínez + Vincent Sáez
  • The Tree of Life is Eternally Green - Pascual Martinez & Vincent Saez
  • The Tree of Life is Eternally Green - Pascual Martinez & Vincent Saez
  • The Tree of Life is Eternally Green - Pascual Martinez & Vincent Saez
  • THE TREE OF LIFE: ARTISTS’ EDITION BOX by Pascual Martínez + Vincent Sáez
  • THE TREE OF LIFE: ARTISTS’ EDITION BOX by Pascual Martínez + Vincent Sáez
  • THE TREE OF LIFE: ARTISTS’ EDITION BOX by Pascual Martínez + Vincent Sáez
  • THE TREE OF LIFE: ARTISTS’ EDITION BOX by Pascual Martínez + Vincent Sáez

The Tree of Life: Artists’ Edition Box
Pascual Martínez + Vincent Sáez

Boxed Edition of 20 – Select from four print options
Each signed and numbered Artists' Edition Box includes:

+ A signed first edition softcover book, 18.5 x 23 cm portrait, 174 pages
with 66 photographs; 19 reproductions of pressed flowers + leaves; 10 interior illustrations
+ Choice from four limited edition prints, signed and numbered on the back in editions of 5
+ Both the edition book and print are flourished with a pressed leaf or flower, collected in Romania, tipped in by the artists
+ Postcard

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Description

An intimate notebook of documentary work undertaken in Romania, exploring the country's landscape and integral connections Romanians have with nature. Martínez and Sáez travelled more than 6000km photographing mostly in rural areas, meeting with local people along the way. Their exploration encompasses winter through summer seasons, with the guiding theme that since the first inhabitants of Europe populated fertile Romanian lands, the spirit of Romanian society has been instinctively linked to the land.

Box Edition of 20 – Select from four print options. Each signed and numbered Artists' Edition Box includes:

+ A signed first edition of The Tree of Life is Eternally Green book
Softcover, 18.5 x 23 cm, 174 pages, with 66 photographs; 19 reproductions of pressed flowers + leaves; 10 interior illustrations by Minerva Luca

The softcover book is hand-constructed using four different art papers, including translucent pages with reproductions of pressed flowers + leaves collected in Romania. These pages overlay portraits in the book, highlighting the intense connection between Romanian people and nature. PUR-bound with foil on cover and spine.

One page inside the book is flourished with a pressed leaf or flower, collected in Romania and tipped in by the artists

+ Choice from four limited edition prints, in editions of 5

Your selected print, from an edition of 5, is signed and numbered on the back and presented in a protective sleeve with a tipped-in leaf or flower collected in Romania. These pigment prints are made on 250gsm Epson SureLab Luster paper

– Print choice 1 ***SOLD OUT***: Transfăgărășan / Mountain road (each is 1/5) 15x20cm

THE TREE OF LIFE: ARTISTS’ EDITION BOX by Pascual Martínez + Vincent Sáez

– Print choice 2 ***SOLD OUT***: Man with a water bucket (each is 1/5) 15x20cm

THE TREE OF LIFE: ARTISTS’ EDITION BOX by Pascual Martínez + Vincent Sáez

– Print choice 3 ***SOLD OUT***: Rushes in snow (each is 1/5) 20x15cm

THE TREE OF LIFE: ARTISTS’ EDITION BOX by Pascual Martínez + Vincent Sáez

– Print choice 4 ***SOLD OUT***: Aurel Trif portrait (each is 1/5) 15x20cm

THE TREE OF LIFE: ARTISTS’ EDITION BOX by Pascual Martínez + Vincent Sáez

+ Postcard

For further details about this project, see descriptions on the trade edition book page: The Tree of Life is Eternally Green

The Author

Pascual Martínez and Vincent Sáez are two Spanish photographers working together as Niñorojo Project. Their focus is on human relations and the study of society through photography as a means of anthropological exploration. In 2014 they began an artistic residency in Bucharest, Romania, working on The Tree of Life is Eternally Green (previously entitled Nature/Citizens), and have exhibited in solo shows in Spain, and in Bucharest and Brasov (Romania). In part the making of this project was supported by grants for foreign cultural journalists awarded by the Romanian Cultural Institute. The Tree of Life is Eternally Green publication was recognised with the 2018 ArtsLibris-Fundació Banc Sabadell Prize, by jury selection at the Arts Libris book fair in Barcelona, and Martínez + Sáez won the Photography Prize of the University of Murcia (2018). Previously this work was selected to exhibit at PHotoEspaña Forum of the Community of Madrid and at PA-TA-TA Festival in Granada (2017), and in the final selection at Barcelona International Photography Awards (2015). Pascual and Vincent studied at the School of Art in Murcia, and combine their work as photographers with teaching, designing and curating photography exhibitions.

www.ninorojo.com

Reviews + Press

“A superbly sequenced photobook, beautifully designed.”Ola Søndenå, Department of Special Collections, University of Bergen Library

A work of great beauty… The Tree of Life is Eternally Green is a visual gift in the form of a trip through an unknown Romania. A test of what is achieved with effort, courage and much love.Beatriz S. González, Writer, architect + photographer

The images are raw and deep, with rich colours and quiet moments. We are taken on a sensorial and poetic experience…Emma Latham Phillips

“A treat for the eyes and the senses”Escuela de Arte de Murcia

See more
Interview with Loupe Magazine
Feature in It’s Nice That
Review in Float magazine
Feature in Phroom
Interview in METAL magazine (Spanish)
Der Greif Artist feature, selection by Jose David Valiente
Feature in NEO2 (Spanish)
Feature in Aint-Bad
Feature interview in Clavoardiendo Magazine, “We have never put limits on our work” (Spanish)
Feature in Dodho Magazine
Escuela de Arte de Murcia, Review of book presentation (Spanish)
Project feature at PHmuseum
Feature on Scena 9 (Romania, 2016)
Interview with Hispatriados (Spanish, 2015)

Special Notes

Artists’ Edition Box launched at Polycopies in Paris, November 2018

* Nominated Unveil’d Photobook Award 2018
* Photography Books to Give this Christmas (2018), Clavoardiendo Magazine
* Photobook considered ‘dear’ to the collection of Gabriela Cendoya-Bergareche 2018

* Publication awarded the ArtsLibris-Fundació Banc Sabadell Prize 2018, jury selection at the Arts Libris book fair in Barcelona

* Martínez + Sáez awarded the XVII Photography Prize of the University of Murcia (2018) for this project

* Selected book, 2018 Athens Photo Festival Photobook Exhibition, 6 June – 29 July at Benaki Museum

* Photo-eye #7 Bestseller for week ending 2 June 2018

* Recipient of two printing awards, from HP Inkspiration and Print Solutions magazine

The Tree of Life is Eternally Green is held in the following collections:
AGO Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives (Toronto, CA)
Banco Sabadell Artists Books Collection (Spain)
École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie (Arles, FR)
Hellenic Centre for Photography (Athens, GR)
Tate Library (London, UK)
The Archives/Peter van Beveren Library at Billytown (Den Haag, NL)
Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design, Parkyn Library (Auckland, NZ)
Yale University Library, USA