To Seattle-based photographer Charles Peterson’s eye, his new book, Charles Peterson’s Nirvana, distinguishes itself from other photo collections with a comparable conceit by being more art book than band book. The difference? A band book puts image quality secondary to a subject’s story. An art book, in contrast, is more concerned with composition and texture, creative considerations often trouncing the narrative arc of the subject meeting its gaze.

“In reality, (Charles Peterson’s Nirvana) is a Nirvana book, but you could show this to anyone and they don’t need to know who Nirvana is to be interested,” Peterson told South Sound during a phone interview in late June.

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