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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: Rolleiflex

  • Featuring Bulky Knits

    These are some of the fun shots from our Wool Farm Fashion – Shoot #2 (to see session #1 click here.)This time we were doing product shots, which isn’t as fun for me as working with farmers/models, but it is still pretty fun. It is much harder than you would think to make everything look…

  • Taking the Rollei to Press

    I received my first assignment (post-grad-school) for the Petaluma Magazine this month and I decided to bring the Rollei along. The pay isn’t great but it is enough to cover expenses of film and processing, and since this isn’t a full time gig, or even one I could think about supporting myself on, I decided…

  • Not for Everyone….

    Blurry photos are not for everyone, but maybe they were just perfect for my friend Micah’s Birthday party (member of The Yard Dogs.) I think digital has made people more brave about taking photos in low light situations. Situations that they wouldn’t dare try with film. Well, the daredevil that I am, I took the…

  • Soulcraft meets the Rollei…

    and sheep…. ….and chickens. I spent last Saturday hanging out with Sean Walling, the soul behind Soulcraft bikes. He wanted photos that were realistic and natural that he could use to promote his custom built road and mountain bikes on his website. But Sean was also open to playing with different set-ups and he was…

  • More Sheep Shearing with the Rollei…

    I just got around to scanning these, they are from the sheep shearing day I wrote about earlier. Those photos are digital and these are from the beloved Rollei. Look at the detail in the ringlets…. I love it. But as you can see, I still need to work on how to use the Rollei…

  • Don’t Leave Home Without It….

    Almost every time I leave my house, I ask myself, “Should I bring my camera?” Because none of my cameras fit easily into my pocket, so I debate if the outing is really worth lugging around such a big clunky piece of equipment, especially now that my camera of choice to lug is my Rollei…

  • expanding horizons

    In the month of January, I went to my father’s wedding, took a trapeze lesson and ate grilled sardines. I never imagined doing any of those activities prior to them being suggested to me, but one of the benefits of being a photographer is that no matter what the experience is, you can always turn…

  • I got a Rolleiflex

    After borrowing Matteo’s medium format camera all summer long I needed to make my own purchase. And after many hours searching for used cameras on all the usual sites like B&H and eBay. Finally I found a great little one on the KEH site, based out of Atlanta. And so I started shooting away and…