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As few know, 5 million years ago, in the tertiaer time period, middle and southern Europe, from Cornwall in England, to the today sunburnt Spain, Greece and northern Africa, were covered with dense, damp rainforests. They were different from today’s rainforests of, say Amazonas etc. Species like 10 m. tall whiteflowering heath (Ericacaea) and 30 m. tall laurel trees were common, and in the upper regions you could find special long-needle pines that collected mist with their needles and converted it to “raindrops”, bending their needles towards the soil. These forests disappaired with the climate changes, like the cold glacial periods, except for the forests on the northern slopes of three canarian islands La Gomera (Garajonay Reserve), La Palma and partly Tenerifa. Here small reminiscents of these european rainforest have survived, and are now UN-protected World Heritage Sites. These rainforests are unique in the world, with their moss, swampy soil, and troll-like trees and heath. In this portfolio I try to bring you the feeling of being there, and being 5 mill. years back in time. 

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