Gallery: Take a Tour of an Ace Photographer's Creative Sanctuary
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__1 | Still Life__ Almost every bit of available space in Winters’ studio is overflowing with archaic objects that reflect his lifelong passions: cameras, military history, entomology, and natural history. The flat surfaces around the office— like this desk— are covered with meticulously arranged curios.
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__2 | Writing Shed__ Winters built this one-room structure on the corner of his studio lot because he needed a quiet place to think. He typed portions of his recent book, The Road to Seeing, while seated at this giant drafting table.
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__3 | Closet of Cameras__ A 10-foot-high cabinet sits in the corner of his main shooting space. It’s filled with old cameras: Hasselblads, Rolleiflexes, and several Canons. “Everything here works,” Winters says. “My rule is that I buy cameras only if I can get film for them.” (See expanded view for more about the cameras)
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__4 | Head Cases__ All four generations of the American-model M-1 helmet fill a rack in his studio. Winters got his first when he was 10 years old. “They’re all different and unique in their own way,” he says.
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__5 | Negative Space__ Winters estimates that he has shot more than a million images. Several thousand of them live on this shelf, all painstakingly organized.
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__6 | The Bees__ “I started raising bees when I was 9,” Winters says. “I almost became an entomologist—I studied insects for years.” He keeps four hives on his property, observing the insects at the end of each day as a form of meditation.
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__7 | Shooting Gallery__ “Anything big, we shoot it here,” Winters says of the building’s main room. Tools of the trade, including lights, backdrops, tripods—and, of course, many of Winters’ hand-built props—line the walls.
