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Maine II

(This Intro is from Maine I)

I taught at the Maine Photo Workshop for years. The reason for teaching there and at many other workshops was never money. Not for me nor for most photographers I knew.

It was a chance to meet up with my contemporaries, whom I would never get to see, even people in NY, because we were traveling all the time (there used to be a thing called jobs).

Maine, like many other workshops, was a chance to actually spend a whole week in one place. You could unpack your suitcase, you didn’t have to leave the next day. You were with kindred folks, you ate with your class or with friends. For once you were not the only photographer at the table.

Of course there were problems. Most workshops were in these out-of-the-way, beautiful places–Maine, Anderson Ranch, Truckee, Jackson Hole, etc., and I wanted my class to shoot people and there ain’t enough people in those locations. But thankfully there were “fairs” in Maine. I was always careful to pick a week to come up when there was a fair.

I would send my class to the fair. I would join them to shoot and I was surprised and delighted to find they never paid attention to me, but preferred to shoot on their own, which made me feel great because that’s one of the things I tried to teach.

I often would explain to the classes that I loved NY because “density creates opportunity.” No matter how badly you fuck up, there’s always going to be another chance a few moments later with somebody else.

So here are some images from Maine, from different towns, of different things, and of course, people at the fair.

Sailboats in Camden Harbor, Maine
Sailboats in Camden Harbor, Maine
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Girl with Light, Maine
Girl with Light, Maine
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Same Girl with Backlight, Maine
Same Girl with Backlight, Maine
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Father and Kids at Fair, Maine
Father and Kids at Fair, Maine
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L.A. and Amanda in Maine Apartment, Maine
L.A. and Amanda in Maine Apartment, Maine
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L.A. and Amanda at Store, Maine
L.A. and Amanda at Store, Maine
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Sign in Grocery Store, Maine
Sign in Grocery Store, Maine
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Green Fence at Fair, Maine
Green Fence at Fair, Maine
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Kids at Fence at Fair, Maine
Kids at Fence at Fair, Maine
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Pig Scramble 1, Maine
Pig Scramble 1, Maine
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Pig Scramble 2, Maine
Pig Scramble 2, Maine
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Man in Blue with Cones, Maine
Man in Blue with Cones, Maine
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Carousel, Maine
Carousel, Maine
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Audience, Girl in Painted Face, Maine
Audience, Girl in Painted Face, Maine
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Mom and Kid on Ride, Maine
Mom and Kid on Ride, Maine
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Determined Young Girl on Ride, Maine
Determined Young Girl on Ride, Maine
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Little Girl with Snake, Maine
Little Girl with Snake, Maine
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Mind Reading, Maine
Mind Reading, Maine
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Flame Throwers, Maine
Flame Throwers, Maine
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Lineup at Fair, Maine
Lineup at Fair, Maine
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Balancing Wheelbarrow, Maine
Balancing Wheelbarrow, Maine
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Closeup Child Staring at Me, Maine
Closeup Child Staring at Me, Maine
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Two on Yellow Slide, Maine
Two on Yellow Slide, Maine
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Back, Maine
Back, Maine
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Smiling Girl, Maine
Smiling Girl, Maine
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Two Girls Posing with Yellow Robot, Maine
Two Girls Posing with Yellow Robot, Maine
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Back of Young Girl at Picnic Table, Maine
Back of Young Girl at Picnic Table, Maine
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Red Yellow Green Vest, Maine
Red Yellow Green Vest, Maine
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Two Girls, Maine
Two Girls, Maine
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Old Navy Shirt on Girl, Maine
Old Navy Shirt on Girl, Maine
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Closeup of Sheep, Maine
Closeup of Sheep, Maine
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Crowd Watching Kid in Yankee Shirt, Maine
Crowd Watching Kid in Yankee Shirt, Maine
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Goat Head Through Fence, Maine
Goat Head Through Fence, Maine
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Closeup Young Boy Drinking Soda, Maine
Closeup Young Boy Drinking Soda, Maine
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Overflowing, Maine
Overflowing, Maine
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Kid in Rotating Barrel, Maine
Kid in Rotating Barrel, Maine
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Back of Man's Head, Maine
Back of Man's Head, Maine
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Baby Under Chair, Maine
Baby Under Chair, Maine
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Young Girl in Pink, Maine
Young Girl in Pink, Maine
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Young Boy Driving, Maine
Young Boy Driving, Maine
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Four on Bench Two with Straws, Maine
Four on Bench Two with Straws, Maine
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Mom and Three Kids, Maine
Mom and Three Kids, Maine
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Mom with Strange Look, Two Kids, Maine
Mom with Strange Look, Two Kids, Maine
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Sausage, Color Vibration, Maine
Sausage, Color Vibration, Maine
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Tips Thank You, Maine
Tips Thank You, Maine
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Petting Dog, Maine
Petting Dog, Maine
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Hot Buttered Popcorn, Maine
Hot Buttered Popcorn, Maine
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V for Victory Sign, Maine
V for Victory Sign, Maine
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Green, Waving Goodbye, Maine
Green, Waving Goodbye, Maine
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End of Part II, Maine_maine7Boys8at8Window8Maine
End of Part II, Maine_maine7Boys8at8Window8Maine
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