Mushroom
400 Pieds
Long days, quiet growth.
For 400 Pieds, I spent time with Michael, a chef turned urban mushroom farmer. He started growing in a 400-square-foot office — hence the name — and has since expanded to an entire floor of a building, where he now raises oyster, shiitake and lion's mane mushrooms. I wanted to show the care, detail and science that go into an operation like this: the humidity and patience of the grow rooms, the rows of blocks in every stage of growth, and the hands that know exactly when a cluster is ready to cut.
We made this series together to help Michael tell his story and pitch it to publications — documentary images that put a face to the farm and give editors a reason to follow it. If you're a grower, chef or maker with a story worth telling, this is the kind of editorial work I love to make. Let's talk.
