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I sat down with Matt Payne for episode 497 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen, and it's live now — released early and free for everyone, not just Patreon subscribers.
We covered a lot of ground: how I got into photography and teaching, what it was like assisting Ken Duncan in Australia early on, and what thirty years of photographing Washington State on panoramic film has actually taught me. We got into the real technical differences between shooting a Noblex swing-lens camera and a Hasselblad XPan II, why Velvia 50 is still the only film I trust for this work, and the specific problems a swing lens creates that a fixed-lens panoramic doesn't. Matt and I also traded notes on how we scout — maps, satellite imagery, boots on the ground — and why unpredictability in the field is something to work with, not against.
A good chunk of the conversation is about Washington Wide, the book: the foreword from Colville elder Randy Lewis, and why indigenous perspective on these landscapes matters to how the book tells its story.
Listen: Episode 497 on Patreon
If you want your own copy of Washington Wide, use code FSTOP at checkout for 10% off and free continental U.S. shipping — preorder here.
We covered a lot of ground: how I got into photography and teaching, what it was like assisting Ken Duncan in Australia early on, and what thirty years of photographing Washington State on panoramic film has actually taught me. We got into the real technical differences between shooting a Noblex swing-lens camera and a Hasselblad XPan II, why Velvia 50 is still the only film I trust for this work, and the specific problems a swing lens creates that a fixed-lens panoramic doesn't. Matt and I also traded notes on how we scout — maps, satellite imagery, boots on the ground — and why unpredictability in the field is something to work with, not against.
A good chunk of the conversation is about Washington Wide, the book: the foreword from Colville elder Randy Lewis, and why indigenous perspective on these landscapes matters to how the book tells its story.
Listen: Episode 497 on Patreon
If you want your own copy of Washington Wide, use code FSTOP at checkout for 10% off and free continental U.S. shipping — preorder here.
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Washington Wide has been accepted into the Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections — added to the rare book room.
It's a natural home for it. Thirty years spent photographing this state on panoramic film belongs alongside WSU's own record of Washington's land and history, preserved for researchers and readers who want more than a passing look. It's also a fitting return: I earned my degree at WSU, so having the book placed in the university's own special collections closes a kind of loop.
It's a natural home for it. Thirty years spent photographing this state on panoramic film belongs alongside WSU's own record of Washington's land and history, preserved for researchers and readers who want more than a passing look. It's also a fitting return: I earned my degree at WSU, so having the book placed in the university's own special collections closes a kind of loop.
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Washington Wide is on the shelf at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle.
Elliott Bay is one of the great independent bookstores in the Pacific Northwest — a fitting place for a book built entirely around this region to land. If you're downtown, stop by and take a look in person.
Washington Wide — thirty years of Washington State on panoramic film. [Find it at Elliott Bay Book Company.]
Elliott Bay is one of the great independent bookstores in the Pacific Northwest — a fitting place for a book built entirely around this region to land. If you're downtown, stop by and take a look in person.
Washington Wide — thirty years of Washington State on panoramic film. [Find it at Elliott Bay Book Company.]