Dramatic photos show the measure of a man in contrast to the enormity of nature.
A series of photos from the Humboldt State University Library capture lumberjacks working among the redwoods in Humboldt County, California.
The photos are part of the Ericson Collection, a series of pictures from northwest California from the 1880s through the 1920s by Swedish photographer A.W. Ericson.
Pictures from the 1915-era display the work of loggers in the densely forested northern California area, that accounts for twenty per cent of the state's total forest production.
Humboldt County has nearly 1,500,000 acres in public and private forests, including the Redwood National and State Parks.
Impressive and unsettling ... proof of human pillage.
Lumberjacks working among the redwoods in California
The photos from northwest California were taken by Swedish photographer A.W. Ericson
The length and breadth of the tree trunks are highlighted by the men, who are dwarfed by the tree's sheer size
After logging on Vance's Mad River. The man in the center of the picture shows the height of the tree trunks in comparison to him
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