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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.

Category: Documentary

  • Yay for Wednesday night Farmer’s Market in Petaluma

    I got a last minute call from The Argus Courier to do a photo shoot at the Wednesday night Farmer’s Market, which I didn’t even know existed. So it was great to go down and see the scene. And now I know that there is another good option for fresh produce and homemade goods in…

  • Which would make you want to pick it up?

    So, it is cover time for Jonah’s book. They want color, veggies, something different, something to show the bounty of the farms and something to compliment the title, which is: Field Days. This was my first attempt… any thoughts? The one above would probably have some cropping. I don’t know if it is cover potential,…

  • Oak Hill Portraits

    These portraits are for Jonah Raskin’s book about his experiences on Sonoma County farms over the past year. He spent most of his time at Oak Hill Farm and wanted some portraits of the people behind the fresh organic food that he fell in love with. I arrived at the farm at 7 am with…

  • Sit At Your Own Risk

    After warming up at a couple of practices, taking portraits of individuals and then group portraits, I finally went to my first Roller Derby Bout…. and I am so glad I did. Although deciding to go, after 6 hours photographing the Butter and Egg Parade in the hot sun, was not an easy decision to…

  • The Butter and Egg Parade 2008… Welcome to Petaluma.

    This is where I live. Petaluma, California, home of the Butter and Egg Day Parade for 27 years. This year the theme of the celebration was Petaluma’s 150th Birthday. The town celebrated in its usual style with a Cow Chip Throwing Contest, a Cutest Chick Contest and, of course, the parade, which I was assigned…

  • Easter Sunday in the Hunting Room

    Another year, another Easter, another Sunday in Todd’s Hunting Room.

  • The Snatch and the Clean and Jerk

    I went to my first weight lifting competition this weekend at the 2008 PWA Championships, to photograph for my friend Chad, who also happens to be the base player in The Bluebellies. I didn’t really think much about what it would be like before I arrived, but just maybe I imagined overly beefy guys with…

  • Working with Writers

    One thing I am excited to do is pair up with people who are doing social research for either their own academic or personal endeavors. One such person I have been lucky to meet is Jonah Raskin, a professor at Sonoma State University. He is writing a book about his experiences on local organic farms.…

  • starting to play again

    I am excitedly brainstorming for my next fun project that I am going to work on… which is Roller Derby. It is not s topic that is new, but it is new to me, and it promises a lot of good challenges….mixed light that is very low and fast moving subjects. But the portrait potential…

  • PO Box 8….my book!

    So it is now January 11, 2008… and that means school is over and I am back in Petaluma, California, scratching my head and wondering what happened in the blur of the month called December. Well, here is a summary…. Most importantly I made a book, with the help of graphic designer Yumi Kohsaka. She…