Born in Nice, France, Cedric Pollet is a botanical photographer and landscape architect. He studied horticulture and landscape design at the University of Reading (UK) and the National Horticulture School in Angers (France). In 1999 he began to observe trees from a new angle and started his research on barks. In more than 30 countries around the world, he has tracked down the most fascinating barks, accumulating more than 20,000 tree images covering almost 500 different species. He is a lecturer and has produced 70 exhibitions all around the world. Pollet has published two books, including his most recent, “Bark: An Intimate Look at the World’s Trees.”