Environmental portraits and panoramic photography have existed for decades, but rarely have been used in combination. This project employs both techniques to produce ultrawide-perspective images of people in typical, everyday settings that illuminate some important aspect of their lives. Each digital image is stitched together from dozens of photos into one, multi-gigabyte panorama. The image tells its story through human interaction with meaningful objects that share the space. This work pulls together themes and techniques from many great photographers, including the intentionality of Arnold Newman and Wes Anderson, the thought-out narratives of David Hilliard, the drama and humanity of Edward Steichen's Family of Man exhibition, and Elliott Erwitt's instinctual observation of the “typical."
