Maine

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    My first trip to northern Maine was in 1973, to visit with Berenice Abbott. I had purchased a photograph and thought it might be fun to pick it up in person. During the visit I saw an Atget reprint I wanted. It was for sale, but had to be spotted. While Berenice was spotting the picture, I asked if I could take a snapshot with an SX-70 camera, a camera she regarded as little more than a toy. The next day, as I was getting ready to return to New York City, she told me that if I ever got a real camera, she’d teach me how to use it.

    I purchased an 8”x10” Deardorff, and the following summer went back to Maine and began taking photographs. Sometimes Berenice came along, but mostly she didn’t. I used the large format camera in Maine until about 1980, but rarely after that, except for Berenice’s annual birthday party on July 17th, when I’d take a picture of everyone who’d made the trip to Maine. Most of the black and white photographs from 1980 to 1998 were taken with smaller format cameras.

    Berenice lived near Moosehead Lake, a beautiful, but poor part of the state. Because things were rough, I often looked for things that were colorful and cheerful, to compensate for the hard times I saw around me. Most of my photographs from Maine, perhaps as many as 75 percent, are in color, and will be displayed separately.


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Berenice Abbott's Door Knocker
Blanchard, Maine
Summer 1975



One Room Election Hall at Night
Blanchard, Maine
Summer 1975

A View from Berenice Abbott's
Kitchen Window
Blanchard, Maine
Winter 1975


A View from Berenice Abbott's
Kitchen Window
Blanchard, Maine
Winter 1975


A View from Berenice Abbott's
Kitchen Window
Blanchard, Maine
Winter 1975


Kitchen Wall in
Berenice Abbott's Home
Blanchard, Maine
February 1976


Hardware Organizer & Exhaust Pipe
in Berenice Abbott's Attic Workroom
Blanchard, Maine
February 1976



Mirror & Chest of Drawers
Blanchard, Maine
February 1976

Pappa & Mama
Rural Cemetary along
Highway 6-15
near Monson, Maine
Summer 1976
    
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