Cell phone tower disguised as a tree
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In 1996, a palm tree came to Cape Town, South Africa. The tree rises flat overnight, and it's not just a tree: it's one of the first fake cell phone towers in the world. Instead of standing on the ground in a cold and boring metal tower, mobile operators began to focus on integrating the signal tower with the natural environment. This concept of "pseudo tree" spread rapidly to Cape Town, South Africa and the whole world. In response to the trend of "pseudo tree" signal tower, photographer Dillon marsh decided to take a series of photos to prove the trend of "pseudo tree" signal tower. The theme of this series of photos is "invasive species". A kind of
The first palm tree tower in Cape Town was built by Vodacom, a South African mobile network communication operator, to solve the problem of "visual pollution" of ordinary signal towers. The signal tower disguised as a tree is made of non-toxic plastic. A kind of
Marsh spent six months filming the series in 2009, trying to explore "the relationship between the natural environment and the camouflaged signal towers inside and outside Cape Town.".
Nov 11, 2019
A Cell Phone Tower Disguised As A Tree
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