January 8, 2008
It's That Time of Year Again
Peter Marlow
G.B. ENGLAND. London. Clerkenwell. Discarded christmas trees after January 6th. Cutting up the family tree. 2004. © Peter Marlow/Magnum Photos
I have just spent an hour and a half with a saw and many plastic rubbish bags clearing up the family Christmas tree at home in London. Not my favorite job, as my children, safely out of the way at school, think we have same tree, called "Charlie", each year. "Charlie" gets collected after Christmas and sent to Scotland to be re planted, so each year it has to come back bigger, and this year, at three metres plus, it was almost impossible to transport it up the stairs!
Click image for a larger view. The lost Christmas trees of Clerkenwell, London. © Peter Marlow/Magnum Photos
It is also at this time of year that the area I live in in London is dotted with abandoned trees simply dumped on the street to be collected and re-cycled by the local council. In 2005 I made a short collection of pictures of this phenomenon, which is I am sure repeated all over the world.
I hope my children don't read the Magnum Blog!
Published on the Magnum Blog on January 8, 2008
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