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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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  • Another Kelly-ism…

    This is only the surface of my latest Kelly, Messy Monkey Founder, photo shoot (you may remember her in the bathtub with eggs)… there is so much more to come from this shoot, but unfortunately we photographed right before I flew away on my current Eastern Adventure… so I haven’t had time to scan the…

  • A Documentary Photographer’s Perspective on Weddings…. candids, candids, candids

    First of all, I need to define Documentary Photographer, so this is wikipedia’s definition: The photographer attempts to produce truthful, objective, and usually candid photography of a particular subject, most often pictures of people. That definition basically says enough about why I like photographing weddings and the way I approach photographing them, but I am…

  • Two Midwesterners and Their New California Boy….

    It’s baby time! Seems like everyone we know is multiplying… which is fun for me. Meet Michael, the son of two amazingly talented and loving people. When he gets a little bigger he will no doubt: play music, grow vegetables, go to Antarctica, love hiking, and have cute dimples just like his parents. But for…

  • Yay California! Fingers crossed for Novemeber… or better yet, Vote ‘No’ on Prop 8!

    On May 16, 2008 the California Supreme Court overturned the ban on Gay marriage. I heard the report in the car as I was driving and I immediately called one of my best friends who has been working for Equality California. They are trying to get people to Vote “No” on Proposition 8, in order…

  • The Difference Three Years Can Make….

    When I took this photo of my friend Juliet, almost exactly three years ago, it was hard to even imagine how much all of our lives were going to change. We had no idea who that little human inside her belly was going to be, let alone who the the next one was going to…

  • 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…