Paula Chamlee is a photographer known for her black-and-white large-format photography, focusing on landscapes, portraits, and interiors. Originally a painter, she transitioned to photography in 1990, working primarily with view cameras and silver chloride contact printing paper. Her first book, Natural Connections: Photographs by Paula Chamlee (1994), explored the natural landscape, followed by High Plains Farm (1996), which documented her Texas childhood home. She later examined urban markets in San Francisco: Twenty Corner Markets and One in the Middle of the Block (1997). Chamlee also photographed extensively in Europe, particularly Tuscany, resulting in two books published in 2004: Tuscany: Wandering the Back Roads, Volume I and MadonniPaula Chamlee is a photographer known for her black-and-white large-format photography, focusing on landscapes, portraits, and interiors. Originally a painter, she transitioned to photography in 1990, working primarily with view cameras and silver chloride contact printing paper. Her first book, Natural Connections: Photographs by Paula Chamlee (1994), explored the natural landscape, followed by High Plains Farm (1996), which documented her Texas childhood home. She later examined urban markets in San Francisco: Twenty Corner Markets and One in the Middle of the Block (1997). Chamlee also photographed extensively in Europe, particularly Tuscany, resulting in two books published in 2004: Tuscany: Wandering the Back Roads, Volume I and Madonnina. Her other projects include The Bonsai of Longwood Gardens, a collaboration with her husband, photographer Michael A. Smith, as well as photographic excursions in Baja, California, and Iceland. Chamlee’s work is held in over twenty-five museum collections in the United States and numerous international collections. She has exhibited widely, including multiple shows at the Michener Art Museum. A recipient of the Leeway Grant for Excellence in Photography, she continues to make significant contributions to the field....more