The Majesty of Trees

The three participants on a panel called “Why Do We Love Trees” might be expected to have fairly simplistic relationships with the plants in question. But Nalini Nadkarni, Jennifer Steinkamp and David “Mas” Masumoto voiced diverse perspectives, and occasionally complicated feelings.

A canopy scientist, an artist and a farmer, respectively, the trio explored trees from a wide variety of perspectives in their discussion at the Getty Center. Moderator Bob Sipchen, editor-in-chief of Sierra magazine, guided them to think broadly about the subject, which was prompted by Getty exhibit called In Focus: …