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Washington Wide Book

A Panoramic Journey Through Washington's Landscapes

As a boy I was surrounded by the lush temperate forests of Western Washington and spent the majority of my time out in them. Exploring, foraging, and camping are vivid memories that truly shaped me into who I am today. My college years were spent in Pullman, in the heart of the Palouse — an incredible contrast to where I had grown up, and equally majestic.

Over the years I realized that most landscape photography books of Washington State focus on the Cascades and the coast. Everything east of the range is treated as an afterthought, if it's included at all. But Washington doesn't end at the summit. The Palouse wheat fields, the basalt canyons of the Columbia Plateau, the dry pine forests of the Okanogan, the alpine meadows of the Blue Mountains — these are Washington too, and they deserve the same attention and respect.

Washington Wide is my answer to that. It is the first comprehensive panoramic portrait of Washington State — coastline to canyon, rainforest to rolling farmland, volcanic peak to desert scabland — captured entirely on film over more than two decades of fieldwork.

Every image in the book was made on Fujichrome Velvia 50 transparency film using panoramic cameras — primarily the Noblex 135U and the Hasselblad XPAN II. The original transparencies were drum-scanned by Michael Strickland on a Heidelberg Tango scanner, producing 16-bit files that preserve the full tonal depth and color fidelity of the original film. From there, each image has been prepared through a precision color-managed workflow specifically calibrated for offset printing.

The book will be produced as a large-format, limited-edition hardcover — printed on heavy coated art paper. This is not a coffee-table book filled with text. The images do the talking.

Washington Wide represents over 30 years of work in the field. It is my first solo book, and it is the project everything else has been building toward.

The book is currently in production, with a release planned for fall 2026.

To be notified when the book is available for purchase, or to follow the project as it develops, visit: washingtonwide.com or sign up below:
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Prints from the Washington Wide Collection

​Select images from Washington Wide are available as limited edition archival prints. These are among the anchor works of the collection — images chosen not simply for what they show, but for how they feel.

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Color Match

The images on this site are carefully color-managed, but no screen can fully replicate what these photographs look like as finished prints. The depth, color, and detail of a limited edition print on Hahnemühle Baryta Rag goes well beyond what any display can show.

About John

John Shephard grew up in Washington State surrounded by its landscapes and wild places. That connection to the land became the foundation of his work as a panoramic landscape photographer. He shoots exclusively on film, using panoramic cameras that capture a field of view close to what the human eye actually sees.
  • HOME
  • PRINTS
    • The Wild >
      • Canyon Creek
      • Solstice
      • Serendipity
      • Rainier Rising
      • Whispers of Autumn
      • Desert Rainbow
      • Picture Lake
      • Golden Reverie
      • Panther Creek Falls
      • Aspen Grove
      • Hidden Veil
      • Solstice Vertical
      • Rain Forest Runoff
      • Marymere Falls
    • The Sea >
      • Morning Mirror
      • Wamberal Beach
      • Cabo Rojo
      • Norah Head
      • Awakening
      • Tasman Sea
      • Path of Light
      • Between Tides
    • The Land >
      • Red Willow Vineyard
      • Retired Farmhand
      • Triumph
      • Harvest Road
      • Baylor Barn
      • Old Church Road
      • Wild Iron
      • Lavender Farm
      • Abandoned Beauty
      • Skagit Gold
    • The City >
      • Prelude
      • Crescendo
  • WASHINGTON WIDE BOOK
  • ABOUT
  • INQUIRE