Been meaning to post this for ages…
The Guardian’s Jonathan Glancey wrote:
In some areas of Britain, you’ll see mobile phone masts in plain view in all their stark, skeletal nakedness. In others, well, you won’t see them at all. Why? Because they’ve been hidden in the clockfaces of town halls (Hungerford, Berkshire), or in street signs (Northumberland Avenue, Westminster), while out of town they are commonly disguised as trees. In talking to and txt msging one another we . . . talk to the trees. For seven years Robert Voit has photographed these bizarre artificial trees – including faux cypress, pine, palm and, in Arizona, cactus. Many, as you can see, are simply funny. Cartoonish. Awkward. Outlandish. Kitsch. They are meant to blend in with their natural surroundings, yet, as Voit’s eyecatching photos prove, they rarely do. On the other hand, would you want the world’s landscapes pockmarked with mobile phone masts?
It’s a tough choice – take a look at some of the solutions. There are a few really good ideas but many clunky ones due to the sheer size of the things compared to their surroundings.
