Cary Norton
Photographer, tinkerer, and general dweeberist.
Now with more fatherhood!

We are in the thick of strawberry season, which means I see @boydharvestfarm delivering local strawberries to @bigspooncreamery on the regular. I’m not a big fruit-as-or-with-dessert person but truly the Big Spoon ice creams that use Trent’s berries are beyond good. (I’m a fan generally also, to be clear)
I had the great pleasure to photograph him and his dad ~12 years ago and, any time I think about strawberries, I think about lugging my old magnesium 8x10 camera out into the field to make this photo (with their tractor probably of similar age as the camera).

I hadn’t seen @tejasphotos in years so when he rolled through town I took the opportunity to get him in front of theBOBOTRON 5000 (this is where I’ve landed on the name of the 16x20). He didn’t not disappoint.

I hadn’t seen @tejasphotos in years so when he rolled through town I took the opportunity to get him in front of theBOBOTRON 5000 (this is where I’ve landed on the name of the 16x20). He didn’t not disappoint.

I hadn’t seen @tejasphotos in years so when he rolled through town I took the opportunity to get him in front of theBOBOTRON 5000 (this is where I’ve landed on the name of the 16x20). He didn’t not disappoint.

There’s something about watching people make things that draws me in. I had the great pleasure to photograph the team from @ironhorsemetalbham for @gardenandgun, and being in a forge is just cool. I mean, it’s hot at times, but it’s cool.
The story is for their Garden Issue and ultimately about an incredible pavilion Iron Horse crafted for an equally-incredible home (and truly, the detail work on this thing is bonkers), but no surprise to me that my main attraction was the creation process. Here are some of the shots from the forge (and one at the end of the pavilion—I’ll probably post again about the details).
Thanks to Brady (last portrait in this post) for the hospitality, Quinn for looking cool doing the forge work, and Maggie / Kate at G&G for the excuse to hang out with this crew.

There’s something about watching people make things that draws me in. I had the great pleasure to photograph the team from @ironhorsemetalbham for @gardenandgun, and being in a forge is just cool. I mean, it’s hot at times, but it’s cool.
The story is for their Garden Issue and ultimately about an incredible pavilion Iron Horse crafted for an equally-incredible home (and truly, the detail work on this thing is bonkers), but no surprise to me that my main attraction was the creation process. Here are some of the shots from the forge (and one at the end of the pavilion—I’ll probably post again about the details).
Thanks to Brady (last portrait in this post) for the hospitality, Quinn for looking cool doing the forge work, and Maggie / Kate at G&G for the excuse to hang out with this crew.

There’s something about watching people make things that draws me in. I had the great pleasure to photograph the team from @ironhorsemetalbham for @gardenandgun, and being in a forge is just cool. I mean, it’s hot at times, but it’s cool.
The story is for their Garden Issue and ultimately about an incredible pavilion Iron Horse crafted for an equally-incredible home (and truly, the detail work on this thing is bonkers), but no surprise to me that my main attraction was the creation process. Here are some of the shots from the forge (and one at the end of the pavilion—I’ll probably post again about the details).
Thanks to Brady (last portrait in this post) for the hospitality, Quinn for looking cool doing the forge work, and Maggie / Kate at G&G for the excuse to hang out with this crew.

There’s something about watching people make things that draws me in. I had the great pleasure to photograph the team from @ironhorsemetalbham for @gardenandgun, and being in a forge is just cool. I mean, it’s hot at times, but it’s cool.
The story is for their Garden Issue and ultimately about an incredible pavilion Iron Horse crafted for an equally-incredible home (and truly, the detail work on this thing is bonkers), but no surprise to me that my main attraction was the creation process. Here are some of the shots from the forge (and one at the end of the pavilion—I’ll probably post again about the details).
Thanks to Brady (last portrait in this post) for the hospitality, Quinn for looking cool doing the forge work, and Maggie / Kate at G&G for the excuse to hang out with this crew.

There’s something about watching people make things that draws me in. I had the great pleasure to photograph the team from @ironhorsemetalbham for @gardenandgun, and being in a forge is just cool. I mean, it’s hot at times, but it’s cool.
The story is for their Garden Issue and ultimately about an incredible pavilion Iron Horse crafted for an equally-incredible home (and truly, the detail work on this thing is bonkers), but no surprise to me that my main attraction was the creation process. Here are some of the shots from the forge (and one at the end of the pavilion—I’ll probably post again about the details).
Thanks to Brady (last portrait in this post) for the hospitality, Quinn for looking cool doing the forge work, and Maggie / Kate at G&G for the excuse to hang out with this crew.

There’s something about watching people make things that draws me in. I had the great pleasure to photograph the team from @ironhorsemetalbham for @gardenandgun, and being in a forge is just cool. I mean, it’s hot at times, but it’s cool.
The story is for their Garden Issue and ultimately about an incredible pavilion Iron Horse crafted for an equally-incredible home (and truly, the detail work on this thing is bonkers), but no surprise to me that my main attraction was the creation process. Here are some of the shots from the forge (and one at the end of the pavilion—I’ll probably post again about the details).
Thanks to Brady (last portrait in this post) for the hospitality, Quinn for looking cool doing the forge work, and Maggie / Kate at G&G for the excuse to hang out with this crew.

There’s something about watching people make things that draws me in. I had the great pleasure to photograph the team from @ironhorsemetalbham for @gardenandgun, and being in a forge is just cool. I mean, it’s hot at times, but it’s cool.
The story is for their Garden Issue and ultimately about an incredible pavilion Iron Horse crafted for an equally-incredible home (and truly, the detail work on this thing is bonkers), but no surprise to me that my main attraction was the creation process. Here are some of the shots from the forge (and one at the end of the pavilion—I’ll probably post again about the details).
Thanks to Brady (last portrait in this post) for the hospitality, Quinn for looking cool doing the forge work, and Maggie / Kate at G&G for the excuse to hang out with this crew.

There’s something about watching people make things that draws me in. I had the great pleasure to photograph the team from @ironhorsemetalbham for @gardenandgun, and being in a forge is just cool. I mean, it’s hot at times, but it’s cool.
The story is for their Garden Issue and ultimately about an incredible pavilion Iron Horse crafted for an equally-incredible home (and truly, the detail work on this thing is bonkers), but no surprise to me that my main attraction was the creation process. Here are some of the shots from the forge (and one at the end of the pavilion—I’ll probably post again about the details).
Thanks to Brady (last portrait in this post) for the hospitality, Quinn for looking cool doing the forge work, and Maggie / Kate at G&G for the excuse to hang out with this crew.

Glad to have been missed by the worst of that line of storms last night. Waking up to a 40° temperature swing is always odd though. No complaints.

Glad to have been missed by the worst of that line of storms last night. Waking up to a 40° temperature swing is always odd though. No complaints.

Glad to have been missed by the worst of that line of storms last night. Waking up to a 40° temperature swing is always odd though. No complaints.

A few more from Iraq.
The last day I was in the country is the day they found Saddam. I saw it on the news in a small town in Turkey and it served as a surreal ending to a weird time in an unfamiliar place (last slide).
Being there gave me a new perspective on humanity and I’m glad I got out of there. Especially now that I’m a dad, I cannot imagine the stress me going to a war zone put on my family. (And my risk was tremendously low compared to…sort of everyone else around me)

A few more from Iraq.
The last day I was in the country is the day they found Saddam. I saw it on the news in a small town in Turkey and it served as a surreal ending to a weird time in an unfamiliar place (last slide).
Being there gave me a new perspective on humanity and I’m glad I got out of there. Especially now that I’m a dad, I cannot imagine the stress me going to a war zone put on my family. (And my risk was tremendously low compared to…sort of everyone else around me)

A few more from Iraq.
The last day I was in the country is the day they found Saddam. I saw it on the news in a small town in Turkey and it served as a surreal ending to a weird time in an unfamiliar place (last slide).
Being there gave me a new perspective on humanity and I’m glad I got out of there. Especially now that I’m a dad, I cannot imagine the stress me going to a war zone put on my family. (And my risk was tremendously low compared to…sort of everyone else around me)

A few more from Iraq.
The last day I was in the country is the day they found Saddam. I saw it on the news in a small town in Turkey and it served as a surreal ending to a weird time in an unfamiliar place (last slide).
Being there gave me a new perspective on humanity and I’m glad I got out of there. Especially now that I’m a dad, I cannot imagine the stress me going to a war zone put on my family. (And my risk was tremendously low compared to…sort of everyone else around me)

A few more from Iraq.
The last day I was in the country is the day they found Saddam. I saw it on the news in a small town in Turkey and it served as a surreal ending to a weird time in an unfamiliar place (last slide).
Being there gave me a new perspective on humanity and I’m glad I got out of there. Especially now that I’m a dad, I cannot imagine the stress me going to a war zone put on my family. (And my risk was tremendously low compared to…sort of everyone else around me)

A few more from Iraq.
The last day I was in the country is the day they found Saddam. I saw it on the news in a small town in Turkey and it served as a surreal ending to a weird time in an unfamiliar place (last slide).
Being there gave me a new perspective on humanity and I’m glad I got out of there. Especially now that I’m a dad, I cannot imagine the stress me going to a war zone put on my family. (And my risk was tremendously low compared to…sort of everyone else around me)

A few more from Iraq.
The last day I was in the country is the day they found Saddam. I saw it on the news in a small town in Turkey and it served as a surreal ending to a weird time in an unfamiliar place (last slide).
Being there gave me a new perspective on humanity and I’m glad I got out of there. Especially now that I’m a dad, I cannot imagine the stress me going to a war zone put on my family. (And my risk was tremendously low compared to…sort of everyone else around me)

20+ years ago, my first job in the photo world landed me in a war zone, and one day I ended up walking around Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport, btw) totally alone. Every clock I ran across had a different time on it. Very weird
I spent a few months in Iraq bouncing around different areas doing a job I had no training in (video) but shooting for myself along the way. I never have done much with the photos I took, but my friend @iancurcio expressed interested in them a while back, so I dug out the negatives and did some re-scanning. Here are a few from the airport, Baghdad, another northern air base (Qayyarah), and various places in between. This was the tail end of 2003, for reference.
Saying “yes” to this job is arguably why I’m a photographer today. Truly.

20+ years ago, my first job in the photo world landed me in a war zone, and one day I ended up walking around Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport, btw) totally alone. Every clock I ran across had a different time on it. Very weird
I spent a few months in Iraq bouncing around different areas doing a job I had no training in (video) but shooting for myself along the way. I never have done much with the photos I took, but my friend @iancurcio expressed interested in them a while back, so I dug out the negatives and did some re-scanning. Here are a few from the airport, Baghdad, another northern air base (Qayyarah), and various places in between. This was the tail end of 2003, for reference.
Saying “yes” to this job is arguably why I’m a photographer today. Truly.

20+ years ago, my first job in the photo world landed me in a war zone, and one day I ended up walking around Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport, btw) totally alone. Every clock I ran across had a different time on it. Very weird
I spent a few months in Iraq bouncing around different areas doing a job I had no training in (video) but shooting for myself along the way. I never have done much with the photos I took, but my friend @iancurcio expressed interested in them a while back, so I dug out the negatives and did some re-scanning. Here are a few from the airport, Baghdad, another northern air base (Qayyarah), and various places in between. This was the tail end of 2003, for reference.
Saying “yes” to this job is arguably why I’m a photographer today. Truly.

20+ years ago, my first job in the photo world landed me in a war zone, and one day I ended up walking around Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport, btw) totally alone. Every clock I ran across had a different time on it. Very weird
I spent a few months in Iraq bouncing around different areas doing a job I had no training in (video) but shooting for myself along the way. I never have done much with the photos I took, but my friend @iancurcio expressed interested in them a while back, so I dug out the negatives and did some re-scanning. Here are a few from the airport, Baghdad, another northern air base (Qayyarah), and various places in between. This was the tail end of 2003, for reference.
Saying “yes” to this job is arguably why I’m a photographer today. Truly.

20+ years ago, my first job in the photo world landed me in a war zone, and one day I ended up walking around Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport, btw) totally alone. Every clock I ran across had a different time on it. Very weird
I spent a few months in Iraq bouncing around different areas doing a job I had no training in (video) but shooting for myself along the way. I never have done much with the photos I took, but my friend @iancurcio expressed interested in them a while back, so I dug out the negatives and did some re-scanning. Here are a few from the airport, Baghdad, another northern air base (Qayyarah), and various places in between. This was the tail end of 2003, for reference.
Saying “yes” to this job is arguably why I’m a photographer today. Truly.

20+ years ago, my first job in the photo world landed me in a war zone, and one day I ended up walking around Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport, btw) totally alone. Every clock I ran across had a different time on it. Very weird
I spent a few months in Iraq bouncing around different areas doing a job I had no training in (video) but shooting for myself along the way. I never have done much with the photos I took, but my friend @iancurcio expressed interested in them a while back, so I dug out the negatives and did some re-scanning. Here are a few from the airport, Baghdad, another northern air base (Qayyarah), and various places in between. This was the tail end of 2003, for reference.
Saying “yes” to this job is arguably why I’m a photographer today. Truly.

20+ years ago, my first job in the photo world landed me in a war zone, and one day I ended up walking around Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport, btw) totally alone. Every clock I ran across had a different time on it. Very weird
I spent a few months in Iraq bouncing around different areas doing a job I had no training in (video) but shooting for myself along the way. I never have done much with the photos I took, but my friend @iancurcio expressed interested in them a while back, so I dug out the negatives and did some re-scanning. Here are a few from the airport, Baghdad, another northern air base (Qayyarah), and various places in between. This was the tail end of 2003, for reference.
Saying “yes” to this job is arguably why I’m a photographer today. Truly.

20+ years ago, my first job in the photo world landed me in a war zone, and one day I ended up walking around Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport, btw) totally alone. Every clock I ran across had a different time on it. Very weird
I spent a few months in Iraq bouncing around different areas doing a job I had no training in (video) but shooting for myself along the way. I never have done much with the photos I took, but my friend @iancurcio expressed interested in them a while back, so I dug out the negatives and did some re-scanning. Here are a few from the airport, Baghdad, another northern air base (Qayyarah), and various places in between. This was the tail end of 2003, for reference.
Saying “yes” to this job is arguably why I’m a photographer today. Truly.

20+ years ago, my first job in the photo world landed me in a war zone, and one day I ended up walking around Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport, btw) totally alone. Every clock I ran across had a different time on it. Very weird
I spent a few months in Iraq bouncing around different areas doing a job I had no training in (video) but shooting for myself along the way. I never have done much with the photos I took, but my friend @iancurcio expressed interested in them a while back, so I dug out the negatives and did some re-scanning. Here are a few from the airport, Baghdad, another northern air base (Qayyarah), and various places in between. This was the tail end of 2003, for reference.
Saying “yes” to this job is arguably why I’m a photographer today. Truly.

20+ years ago, my first job in the photo world landed me in a war zone, and one day I ended up walking around Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport, btw) totally alone. Every clock I ran across had a different time on it. Very weird
I spent a few months in Iraq bouncing around different areas doing a job I had no training in (video) but shooting for myself along the way. I never have done much with the photos I took, but my friend @iancurcio expressed interested in them a while back, so I dug out the negatives and did some re-scanning. Here are a few from the airport, Baghdad, another northern air base (Qayyarah), and various places in between. This was the tail end of 2003, for reference.
Saying “yes” to this job is arguably why I’m a photographer today. Truly.

20+ years ago, my first job in the photo world landed me in a war zone, and one day I ended up walking around Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport, btw) totally alone. Every clock I ran across had a different time on it. Very weird
I spent a few months in Iraq bouncing around different areas doing a job I had no training in (video) but shooting for myself along the way. I never have done much with the photos I took, but my friend @iancurcio expressed interested in them a while back, so I dug out the negatives and did some re-scanning. Here are a few from the airport, Baghdad, another northern air base (Qayyarah), and various places in between. This was the tail end of 2003, for reference.
Saying “yes” to this job is arguably why I’m a photographer today. Truly.

Bob Miller, 16x20 wet plate collodion tintype
are known Bob since he was in college (hilariously, he “interned” with me for a class and I truly have no idea what I had him do nor what he possibly learned) and had the absolutely joy to photograph him marrying Allison in Costa Rica ages ago. He is supremely talented. Supremely.
#wetplatecollodion #tintype
Additional photo/video from Bob.
Bob Miller, 16x20 wet plate collodion tintype
are known Bob since he was in college (hilariously, he “interned” with me for a class and I truly have no idea what I had him do nor what he possibly learned) and had the absolutely joy to photograph him marrying Allison in Costa Rica ages ago. He is supremely talented. Supremely.
#wetplatecollodion #tintype
Additional photo/video from Bob.

Bob Miller, 16x20 wet plate collodion tintype
are known Bob since he was in college (hilariously, he “interned” with me for a class and I truly have no idea what I had him do nor what he possibly learned) and had the absolutely joy to photograph him marrying Allison in Costa Rica ages ago. He is supremely talented. Supremely.
#wetplatecollodion #tintype
Additional photo/video from Bob.

Bob Miller, 16x20 wet plate collodion tintype
are known Bob since he was in college (hilariously, he “interned” with me for a class and I truly have no idea what I had him do nor what he possibly learned) and had the absolutely joy to photograph him marrying Allison in Costa Rica ages ago. He is supremely talented. Supremely.
#wetplatecollodion #tintype
Additional photo/video from Bob.

Allison Miller, 16x20 wet plate collodion tintype
She and Bob are delightful human beings and we had the great privilege of Allison being our doula for Charlie’s birth.
#wetplatecollodion #tintype
Additional photos/video from Bob and Allison
Allison Miller, 16x20 wet plate collodion tintype
She and Bob are delightful human beings and we had the great privilege of Allison being our doula for Charlie’s birth.
#wetplatecollodion #tintype
Additional photos/video from Bob and Allison

Allison Miller, 16x20 wet plate collodion tintype
She and Bob are delightful human beings and we had the great privilege of Allison being our doula for Charlie’s birth.
#wetplatecollodion #tintype
Additional photos/video from Bob and Allison

Allison Miller, 16x20 wet plate collodion tintype
She and Bob are delightful human beings and we had the great privilege of Allison being our doula for Charlie’s birth.
#wetplatecollodion #tintype
Additional photos/video from Bob and Allison

Allison Miller, 16x20 wet plate collodion tintype
She and Bob are delightful human beings and we had the great privilege of Allison being our doula for Charlie’s birth.
#wetplatecollodion #tintype
Additional photos/video from Bob and Allison

Alabama Booksmith’s Jake Reiss, for Garden & Gun.
What a joy of a person. He’s got a weird little shop, as bookstores go, and was incredibly gracious and giving of his time. The story is online and in the current @gardenandgun issue. Shoutout @maggiebrettkennedy for the chance to connect with Jake.

Alabama Booksmith’s Jake Reiss, for Garden & Gun.
What a joy of a person. He’s got a weird little shop, as bookstores go, and was incredibly gracious and giving of his time. The story is online and in the current @gardenandgun issue. Shoutout @maggiebrettkennedy for the chance to connect with Jake.

Alabama Booksmith’s Jake Reiss, for Garden & Gun.
What a joy of a person. He’s got a weird little shop, as bookstores go, and was incredibly gracious and giving of his time. The story is online and in the current @gardenandgun issue. Shoutout @maggiebrettkennedy for the chance to connect with Jake.

Alabama Booksmith’s Jake Reiss, for Garden & Gun.
What a joy of a person. He’s got a weird little shop, as bookstores go, and was incredibly gracious and giving of his time. The story is online and in the current @gardenandgun issue. Shoutout @maggiebrettkennedy for the chance to connect with Jake.

Alabama Booksmith’s Jake Reiss, for Garden & Gun.
What a joy of a person. He’s got a weird little shop, as bookstores go, and was incredibly gracious and giving of his time. The story is online and in the current @gardenandgun issue. Shoutout @maggiebrettkennedy for the chance to connect with Jake.

Alabama Booksmith’s Jake Reiss, for Garden & Gun.
What a joy of a person. He’s got a weird little shop, as bookstores go, and was incredibly gracious and giving of his time. The story is online and in the current @gardenandgun issue. Shoutout @maggiebrettkennedy for the chance to connect with Jake.

Alabama Booksmith’s Jake Reiss, for Garden & Gun.
What a joy of a person. He’s got a weird little shop, as bookstores go, and was incredibly gracious and giving of his time. The story is online and in the current @gardenandgun issue. Shoutout @maggiebrettkennedy for the chance to connect with Jake.
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