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Los Angeles-based fashion photographer Dorit Thies has made a career of pushing boundaries. So has cannabis journalist and marketer Eric Hiss.<\/p>\n

By producing imagery that meshes art with nature, Thies has earned partnerships with the likes of Maye Musk, Kate Mara and Kristin Cavallari, among other familiar Hollywood names during a decades-long career in Tinsel Town. Hiss has written stories around the world for more than 50 major publications.<\/p>\n

The duo\u2019s latest passion project has taken them further north in California: \u201cThe Farm & The Feminine<\/a>\u201d chronicles the legacy, creativity and determination of women cannabis farmers in California\u2019s iconic Emerald Triangle. Its four subjects\u2014Tina Gordon of Moon Made Farms<\/a>, Rose Willis of Huckleberry Hill Farms<\/a>, Katie Jeane of Emerald Spirit Botanicals<\/a> and Taylor Stein from Briceland Forest Farm<\/a>\u2014capture the rich gender and ethnic diversity of America\u2019s most fertile region for outdoor cannabis growing.<\/p>\n

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Kate Jean, Emerald Spirit Botanicals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Hiss came up with the idea for the project out of a passion for the Emerald Triangle<\/a>, where the pioneers of the cannabis industry have been perfecting genetics and farming top-shelf marijuana for generations. As multi-state operators move into the regulated market and produce at scale, \u201cThe Farm & The Feminine\u201d aims to remind consumers how we got here by putting names to the female faces behind the industry\u2019s early success.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese women are the true pillars of our industry,\u201d Hiss said. \u201cNone of this would exist without the craft folks in the Emerald Triangle. I realized we didn\u2019t have any iconic imagery of these people, and felt we needed hero shots. This is a new narrative to portray these cannabis heroes as they should be.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rose Moberly, Huckleberry Hill Farms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

To create such images required a special photographer, Hiss said, so he called longtime friend and colleague Dorit Thies. Before spending full days on the farms of the four women featured in the project, Thies admitted she had no previous experience with cannabis. It didn\u2019t take long to bond with the farmers, though, thanks to a shared interest for sustainability.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re biologists, they\u2019re scientists and they\u2019re involved with universal energy,\u201d Thies says. \u201cThe way they harvest, it\u2019s all about sustainability and doing it the natural way under the sun. I\u2019ve always believed in these principles so it was very easy to connect with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tina Gordon, Mood Made Farms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Thies, who grew up in rural northern Germany, and Hiss, a fifth-generation Californian, spent a full day on each woman\u2019s farm during peak harvest season late last summer. And unlike for most of her photo shoots, Thies brought only her camera for day-long tours\u2014no tools, no lights and no props. To accentuate the farmers\u2019 natural beauty, Thies kept her photos free of any touch ups.<\/p>\n

The duo spent the early September days walking together with the farmers and using only items from their farms as props in the owners\u2019 portraits. Thies adorned Katie Jeane of Emerald Spirit Botanicals with antlers and a colorful wreath to symbolize a type of nemes<\/em>, the headcloth worn by pharaohs in ancient Egypt to signify high stature. She also took inspiration from legendary photographer Edward S. Curtis, whose work focused on the American West and the Native American people.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always used to draw from Greek mythology, too, and the imagery of powerful women,\u201d Thies says. \u201cI wanted to create metaphors in my images of women that represented the Greek goddesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Taylor Stein, Briceland Forest Farms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Hiss said he and Thies considered 20 to 30 more women farmers in the region for portraits in\u00a0\u201cThe Farm & The Feminine,\u201d but time and budget constraints reduced the first season of the project to just four women. The duo said their project is ongoing and could add more subjects in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t wait another harvest cycle for the first few,\u201d Hiss said. \u201cIt\u00a0was a now-or-never situation because these women are doing work that should be elevated and celebrated. I hope that we\u2019re smart enough to realize we can have our (big corporations) and also protect space for our small operators. Just like craft beer folks bring us top-shelf beer and cult wine guys and craft distilleries bringing craft batches of mezcal, gin and tequila, we shouldn\u2019t cut off our roots, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

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