Over the fifty-year period covered in this book, photography evolved from a scientific tool into a communications medium unlike anything that came before it. The author chronicles photography as a mirror of humanity in the Pacific Northwest, reflecting on its unique ability to capture an instant in time that ultimately becomes timeless. This beautifully illustrated book is the first detailed exploration of early photography in Washington State. Tim Greyhavens is a historian of photography based in Seattle. His research centers on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century photographers in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. He previously published articles about Edward Curtis on Mount Rainier, Eadweard Muybridge's 1871 trip to photograph lighthouses on the Washington Coast, and the earliest photography boats in America. He is a life-long "photographist" (an early name for photographers), having published his first picture in a newspaper when he was sixteen years old.