Deadvlei | Sossusvlei, Namibia
At Deadvlei in the heart of Sossusvlei, three dead camel thorn trees stand on cracked white clay in front of one of the tallest dunes on earth - the orange of the sand, the black of the branches and the deep blue of the Namibian sky in absolute contrast.
Open edition - Fine art by Tobias Hägg - 210g natural white art paper, matte finish
archival paper
shipping above €95
Stockholm, Sweden
"The quality of the images was greater than I could have ever hoped for. I am proud to call myself a collector of his work."
Matthew D. ·
Deadvlei is a white clay pan inside the Sossusvlei dune field in the Namib-Naukluft National Park - a place where camel thorn trees grew around a water source approximately 900 years ago, then died when the dunes shifted and cut off the water supply. The trees have never decomposed - the extreme aridity of the Namib preserves them in place, their blackened forms standing on the cracked white clay against the surrounding dunes for centuries. The dune behind them, Big Daddy, rises 325 metres above the pan floor. The colour contrast between the white clay, the burnt orange sand and the cloudless Namibian sky is total and has no equivalent anywhere else on earth.
One of the few ground-level images in the Airpixels collection - the landscape here is so extreme that the altitude perspective adds nothing the ground cannot already provide. The three-band composition and the graphic silhouette of the trees make this one of the most immediately readable images in the collection, and one of the strongest at larger formats where the texture of the cracked clay and the wind-patterns on the dune face become fully visible.
Craft & Materials
| Paper | 210g natural white art paper, matte finish - lifetime archival quality |
| Border | 50mm white border for easy framing |
| Framing | Fits standard frames (not included) |
| Sizes | 30×40 cm - 50×70 cm - 70×100 cm - 80×120 cm |
| Delivery | 3-14 days, shipped in a protective tube |
| Shipping | Worldwide - free above €95 |
| Paper | 210g natural white art paper, matte — lifetime archival quality |
| Border | 50mm white border for easy framing |
| Framing | Fits standard frames (not included) |
| Delivery | 3–14 days, shipped in a protective tube |
| Shipping | Worldwide — free above €95 |
Deadvlei
Deadvlei is a white clay pan inside the Sossusvlei dune field in the Namib-Naukluft National Park - a place where camel thorn trees grew around a water source approximately 900 years ago, then died when the dunes shifted and cut off the water supply. The trees have never decomposed - the extreme aridity of the Namib preserves them in place, their blackened forms standing on the cracked white clay against the surrounding dunes for centuries. The dune behind them, Big Daddy, rises 325 metres above the pan floor. The colour contrast between the white clay, the burnt orange sand and the cloudless Namibian sky is total and has no equivalent anywhere else on earth.
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