William Guion Portfolios

Heartwood, Meditations on Southern Oaks, my first book, was published in 1998 by Bulfinch / Little Brown Books. It is a small gift book (7"x9" in size) containing black-and-white photographs of Southern live oaks paired with short poetry by the Sufi mystic poet, Rumi. It is out of print, but used copies are available on Amazon and Abe Books.

This portfolio contains black and white images from both the first Heartwood and from my most recent book, "Return to Heartwood - Search for the Heart of Live Oak Country." For purchase information, go to www.returntoheartwood.com.

Return to Heartwood is the newest of six books I've published. It is a retrospective of black-and-white photographs of Louisiana live oaks paired with personal essays about my experiences making the photographs – copies are available at www.returntoheartwood.com.

Farm Road Alley, horizontal view, Evergreen Plantation

Single oak in fog, Audubon Park, New Orleans, LA

Andrew Oak, afternoon light, Oak Alley Plantation

Huey P. Long Stump Speech Oak, Vacherie, LA

Oak with Moss, Hwy 308 near Thibodaux, LA

Oak Grove, Winter, after rain, City Park, New Orleans

Whitney Plantation Oak Alley, near Edgard

Two oaks and reflections, Audubon Park, New Orleans

Children's oak, Marsh House, Avery Island, LA

Evergreen Plantation, new alley, vertical view

St. Joseph's Alley, view from levee, Convent, LA

Etienne de Bore' Oak (Tree of Life), Audubon Park

The Oaks Plantation oak alley, view from entrance gate

Bird Island Oak and Shadows, Avery Island, LA

Melrose Plantation oak, infrared study #3

Graveyard oaks and fence, St. Francisville, LA

Seven Sisters Oak, President of the Live Oak Society

Oak Grove, afternoon light, Audubon Park, New Orleans

Oxley Oak, LSU Quad, vertical view, Baton Rouge, LA

Quadrangle Oak with benches, LSU Campus, Baton Rouge

Two Oaks and Manor House, Evergreen Plantation