Photographer Jack Gescheidt has taken his love for art and trees and turned it into the TreeSpirit Project, a spontaneous and unpredictable photo project that inspires the ancient and “reliable alchemy” we’ve experienced for thousands of years through our connection and interdependence with trees.

Gescheidt’s photographs depict the power and the vulnerable beauty of trees, helping to raise human consciousness and inspire others to help preserve our green spaces. The photographs give both participants and viewers the opportunity to share a relationship of play and adventure with nature. The experience of being photographed with trees, says Gescheidt, is just as important as the photographs themselves, and inspires people to express their own unique connection to the natural world around them.

The project has attracted hundreds of participants and thousands of admirers worldwide, with each photo shoot participant receiving a free photograph of the image he or she has helped to create. Gescheidt donates ten percent of his image sales to existing nonprofit organizations, including Friends of the Urban Forest, which share their mission to promote tree planting and the protection of our green spaces.

and find out how you can participate in a TreeSpirit photography shoot, and rediscover with other tree huggers your love affair with nature, while helping to preserve it at the same time.