The Olive tree

About This Project

On our Greek farm, the surreally bright light of the far southern sun illuminates giant olive trees, hollowed by the seasons and twisted by the slow dance of growth and gravity. This scene of beauty and fecundity had been re-enacted in Kranidi every year down through the centuries, as the heavy pull of these magnificent trees has shaped the lives of our family for three generations. Making great olive oil requires hard work, determination and continuous monitoring, but also a sense of poetry.