Paradise Parking: Vintage Cars are Swallowed Up by Trees and Vines in France

If you have ever wondered whether mother nature is more powerful than humanity, <a href="http://www.peterlippmann.com/lippmann3/personal_work/paradise_parking/paradiseparking_08_peterlippmann.html#">Peter Lippmann's</a> photographic odyssey called Paradise Parking makes it very clear who comes out on top in the end. The <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/">NYC</a>-born photographer based in France traveled through the countryside in search of abandoned vintage automobiles that have been swallowed up by trees and vines and then photographed them, producing a captivating collection of vivid visuals that are bound to make green hearts sing. Click through the pics below for a sample of Lippmann's photography and to find out which gallery will be the first to represent this talented artist's latest body of work.

This is extraordinary collection of photographs was compiled over a two year period in France

Interested to focus on age and decay, Peter Lippmann traveled through the countryside looking for abandoned cars

The vehicles have been overrun by trees and vines

Gallery Sophie Maree will be the first gallery to represent this awesome body of work

Editions Xavier Barral will edit a book called Paradise Parking which will feature Lippmann's collection

This photographic odyssey gives us hope that nature will survive the onslaught that is humanity after all!