Carey Russell is a naturalist, photographer, and founder of The Dendro Lab.
He founded The Dendro Lab, a platform to foster a broader public
awareness of dendrology, and is the author of the soon-to-be-published Tree
Identification for Everyone (And Why It Matters). As a photographer,
he is the author of The New Arcadians: Photographs from Scout
Camp and the upcoming photobook The Winter Forest. While
as a filmmaker, he has worked with director, Terrence Malick, as an associate
producer and editor of The New World; assisted
cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki on The Tree of Life; and
directed and photographed the 10-part documentary series Tibetan
Stories. Carey holds a master’s degree in forestry and is a
member of the International Dendrology Society. He’s a certified Interpretive
Guide through the National Association for Interpretation and a certified
Master Naturalist in New York State where he is also a licensed trail