This special edition of our Luminaries series focuses on creative work about watersheds. Today, in part three of these watershed-focused conversations, guest host Caitlin Scarano talks with Christian Murillo, an award-winning photographer.

Christian has worked with National Geographic, Harvard University, and the Smithsonian in his journey to explore the simultaneous power and fragility of nature, particularly within the context of climate change.

His book, Soul of the Skagit, tells the story of the Skagit River, starting from its glacial headwaters all the way down into Skagit Valley and the Salish Sea. The story unpacks our place within the natural world, exposing, and at times celebrating, the nuanced relationships that make the Skagit so special.

"Luminaries" is produced by the Spring Creek Project at Oregon State University. This series invites people to share stories about writing and art that illuminates their environmental thinking or work.