When panoramic photography became a thing in the mid-90s I was a big fan and used it often. One day I was with some friends exploring a mountainous area and turned my panoramic camera so that I was using it in a portrait manner. This allowed the massive contrasts of the mountains to share some of the images with the depths of the river. The Dirt Book brings us back to that memory because it’s presented in vertical panoramas. That design, as well as, the exceedingly clever manner in which the poetry complements the art will bring young readers into a world that they see every day but don’t think about too often.
Dirt, panorama and poetry meet up for a good time