From a distance it looked like a normal tree. Then one stormy day Hänel was struck by the fact that this tree stood still in the midst of its fellow trees blowing back and forth. Hänel realised that it had to be an artificial tree, made to camouflage the antennas for the mobile telephone network. Captivated by the absurdity of this idea, he has scoured Europe for more trees that are actually not trees.

Hänel (b. 1967) works as an advertising photographer for various multinationals, has made a documentary on Central Europe, and is presently working on a project about the victims of fascism and communism in Hungary.

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