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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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  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • No warm-up necessary this year…

    This was the third year in a row that I photographed Jasmine and her parents… …which, I learned, makes for a very comfortable and very action-packed photo shoot. No warm-up time necessary this year, Little Miss Jasmine was ready to go… And so was I… after spending 72 continuous hours working on getting our new…

  • It’s the year of the Head Shot…

    So far my first three photo shoots this year have been head shots… which is way more exciting for me than for the person I am photographing. Typically I get some pretty big groans and grumbles and usually the common expression, “I hate having my photo taken,” comes out. And I say, “Yes, me too,…

  • Eight months strong…

    This was Elizabeth on day one of her chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer… This is what happened next… Eight months later, Elizabeth is doing great. She is more beautiful than ever and her positive attitude is inspiring… but her trip through cancer is not over yet.

  • Homage…

    I am excited to kick off a creative new year with a group photography show at Toby’s Feed Barn in Point Reyes Station… Each photographer was asked to pay “homage” to something and I chose to pay “homage” to the amazing women I have been lucky to photograph. We would love for you to come…

  • Why Am I Doing This Again… (Best of 2011)…

    Once again I feel so incredibly lucky because 2011 was another very good photography year for me. Not only were two books with my photography published this year… (Harvesting Color by Rebecca Burgess.) (Cooking My Way Back Home by Mitchell Rosenthall.) But I also started work on my third book… And I had two photographs…

  • One Street, Four Families and Me…

    Last year I was lucky to photograph this cute family… And that cute family showed their photos to this cute family… And that cute family showed their photos to this cute family… And to this cute family… And because all of these cute families live on the same cute street in the East Bay, this…