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Turning sunshine into photographs for the ages pictures

Turning sunshine into photographs for the ages

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I’m hosting a three-day tintype shoot over Labor Day Weekend. Now’s your chance to have me make your tintype — which I’d love to do for you — using sunlight and this authentic, 19th century chemical process. This is the real deal. I’ve got eight slots available each day.

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The secret life of a Maine dentist

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Bugs, dogs, loud planes and worldwide pandemics won’t stop this Maine theater company

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Music is the only language these Mainers have in common

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Promoting the art of photographic arts promotion

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St. Patrick’s Day lasted a whole week this year

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I’ll never forget the first time I saw Shane MacGowan’s teeth

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Amid tragedy, this is who Mainers are

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This is Maine’s most unique Civil War monument

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My 19th and 21st century photographs of Saturday’s solar eclipse pictures

My 19th and 21st century photographs of Saturday’s solar eclipse

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