searching for armillaria death rings # 0611-1129 (2,400 + years old; malhuer national forest, OR)
by Rachel Sussman

20x200 photographer, and Spring 2005 Hot Shot, Rachel Sussman was named in New York Magazine's Year in Art recap. Along with Polixeni Papapetrou she was drafted into the Best Photography Shows That Slipped Under the Radar category. The said show was Sussman's first solo Chelsea show which opened in May at Michael Steinberg.

Also of note, Sussman's ongoing project The Oldest Living Things in the World is on view at The Discovery Museum in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The Oldest Living things in the World "is simultaneously a photographic exhibition and an interdisciplinary study of the oldest continuously living organisms on the planet. Sussman's research ranges far afield from her training as a photographer, bringing her into dialogue with experts in mycology, dendrochronology and microbiology, amongst others. At the completion of this project she will have traveled to over twenty countries and every continent to photograph and work with biologists. Her subjects, all a minimum of 2,000 years old, include such diverse life forms as trees, predatory fungus, and ancient bacteria."

Read more about her project on her blog.

Rachel's 20x200 edition print:
Towards Christiana (Copenhagen)
Rachel's site