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Tired Wood • Saul Trujillo

Imagined Soundtracks

California Museum of Photography
June 5, 2025 to May 17, 2026
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Tired Wood

Saul Trujillo (b. 2006)

Tired Wood is based on the image I chose for this project. It shows a pile of wood that is broken down and ready to be thrown away to bring in what will replace it. I took inspiration from the children’s book The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. I would then imagine a little story made in my mind on a child having his home rebuilt but loving his original home. Though the wood is tired he should accept if it wants to move on.

Image: Ansel Adams, UCSC.23.3, n.d. Scan from original negative. Collection of the California Museum of Photography at UCR ARTS, Unknown accession number