One of the more academic assignments I’ve had over the last few years has been photographing relief maps at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for geographer Melanie McCalmont of Synchronous Publications. In this televised lecture Melanie discusses the relief maps at the University of Wisconsin. I really enjoyed the project and it created a whole set of technical challenges including photographing 3D maps in a tall stairwell and photographing some of the relief maps in very tight spaces.