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Paige Green is a documentary and portrait photographer, whose storytelling approach to photography frequently addresses issues involving agriculture, land use, and food. Her work is featured in nine books and has been published in Glamour, National Geographic Traveler, New York Times Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, GQ, Country Living, House Beautiful, and Culture. Paige lives in Petaluma, CA with a house full of boys.

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  • Mabel Mai and The Big Flip are going on The Katie Couric Show!!!!

    It is an exciting time for the Wan-Rees family and for The Big Flip! On May 22nd, 2013, sweet Mabel Mai was born and we were lucky to have the opportunity to document what day 5 looked like for this family of 6… And now for the Katie Couric part…. on Tuesday, June 11th, Mabel…

  • who wins your bread…

    I was eight months pregnant with my son when Izzy Chan asked me if I would help her document the increasing trend of women becoming the primary breadwinners of their families. She had statistics and facts for this new role reversal that painted a pretty dismal outlook. As the primary breadwinners of our own households,…

  • And the winner is…

    And finally some good news, from a very sad day… We picked a winner for our Farm Photo Workshop giveaway!!! We are happy to announce Margaret Albaugh Photography, from Oklahoma, is the winner!!!! (She improved her odds by sharing the link three times.) We are overjoyed that we get to bring someone from Oklahoma to…

  • Only 48 days left until our very first… Farm Photo Workshop!!!!

    I have thinking about it for years… and this year I am finally making it happen, with a little help from my friends, Jude and Morgan. There are a few spaces left so please spread the word… If you, or someone you know, is a photographer who would enjoy spending a weekend on an amazing…

  • the most beautiful home birth I almost saw…

    If you asked me how my home birth was, you would not hear me say, “My home birth was beautiful.” Instead I very honestly would tell you, “It was extremely long, incredibly painful and very, very messy. I can understand why drugs were invented and why people take them.” Between endless hours of back-breaking contractions,…

  • I photograph people…

    When I was working on photo shoot yesterday, for an exciting new book with Lila B, I met another photographer who asked me what I photograph. My quick reply, as I was standing behind my tripod with my camera pointing at an arrangement of flowers,”I photograph people.” Photographer man: look of awkward confusion. My addendum,…

  • Wait for it…

    Seana first contacted me on November 10th about family photos. We had three or four scheduled dates to meet but each time it just didn’t work out… thanks to conflicting holiday schedules, bad weather, the flu, and even an epic battle with poison oak. But we didn’t give up. We waited until schedules calmed down,…

  • The Lou(ser) is Found…

    Lou is HOME and purring on my lap right now! Yesterday we walked by our old house, one last time, and there he was meowing in his tree… so, so hungry. Luckily I happened to have some ham in my pocket. Thank you so much for the support. We will keep him indoors now, so…

  • I am a loser…

    I lose things. I lost my first tooth before the tooth fairy could take it. Well technically I didn’t lose it, the maid at the hotel threw it away. I lost my first camera on the steps of the Smithsonian Museum on our 6th grade trip to Washington DC. I lost a jade stone from…

  • Goodbye 2012, Hello 2013…

    At the end of a year I love to look back at the year gone by… …and get inspiration for the new year to come. After I have finished reflecting on the year gone by… …I take that inspiration in to the new year and… …with all of my heart. Thank you for being a…