An intimate photographic look at a reclusive marijuana grower in California, an isolated man whose environment was both ominous and verdant. Maureen R. Drennan photographed him for nine years while the laws and stigma around marijuana cultivation changed radically in California. The farmer, Ben, was growing marijuana long before it was legal and had to navigate the legal system carefully to grow, maintain, sell and transport his product; it continues to be a murky world. American literature has a significant influence on the imagery: narratives in which characters are crafted out of place, or in which places become characters themselves.