Maine: A Photographer's Paradise
Being a photographer in Maine means living with too many choices. The Pine Tree State isn't just photogenic; it's supermodel sexy. When it comes to gorgeous
Being a photographer in Maine means living with too many choices. The Pine Tree State isn't just photogenic; it's supermodel sexy. When it comes to gorgeous scenery, Maine's got it going on: surf-washed cliffs, woodland lakes, snowcapped mountains, fiery maples, and coastal islands wrapped in fog. There's something about Maine that makes even nonphotographers fumble for a camera. For the professional who makes a living shooting pictures, the state offers both endless opportunities and real challenges.How do you capture something new here? How do you make a moment stand for something more? Every photographer answers those questions differently. In this special issue of Down East, devoted to the fine art of taking pictures, we've collected some of our favorite images of Maine. We hope you enjoy them.
[Photoshoot]
TINKER ISLAND
Pretty in pink. A gravel-strewn spit of land juts out into the placid waters of Blue Hill Bay.
SARA GRAY
RICHMOND
With mist rising in the background, green reeds bend in the swirling currents of Merrymeeting Bay.
SARA GRAY
CUSHING
At the Olson House, the setting for Andrew Wyeth's masterpiece Christina's World, a horse grazes in a shaded patch of grass.
PEGGY MCKENNA
CASCO BAY
Sunlight washes over Whaleboat Island, bringing out the golden hues in the crumbling ledges.
PAUL REZENDES
VINALHAVEN
On a breathless, autumn morning an inlet of Penobscot Bay becomes a watery mirror.
PAUL REZENDES
PENOBSCOT RIVER
The shadow of Mount Katahdin rises against a bold sky, and the rapids of the West Branch foam and steam.
JEFFREY STEVENSEN
COREA
Behind a weathered fence and a tangle of beach roses, a lawn stretches to the edge of an overcast ocean.
TERRY DONNELLY
GREEN ISLAND
Off Vinalhaven, pink granite ledges have the smooth contours of a work of sculpture.
SARA GRAY
FALMOUTH FORESIDE
Like a complex arrangement of cathedral pillars, the snow-streaked trunks of evergreens rise up against a bright winter sky.
SARA GRAY
MACHIAS
The archetype of a saltwater farm: this Down East house is so at ease with its setting it belongs nowhere else but in Maine.
BRIAN VANDEN BRINK
DEER ISLE
The falling tide reveals slick rocks and a shaggy carpet of seaweed along the edge of a commercial pier.
TERRY DONNELLY
PINE POINT
The pier is gone, but the pilings remain. In the distance lobsterboats ride at anchor at the mouth of the Scarborough River.
DEAN ABRAMSON
[Photoshoot]
TINKER ISLAND
Pretty in pink. A gravel-strewn spit of land juts out into the placid waters of Blue Hill Bay.
SARA GRAY
RICHMOND
With mist rising in the background, green reeds bend in the swirling currents of Merrymeeting Bay.
SARA GRAY
CUSHING
At the Olson House, the setting for Andrew Wyeth's masterpiece Christina's World, a horse grazes in a shaded patch of grass.
PEGGY MCKENNA
CASCO BAY
Sunlight washes over Whaleboat Island, bringing out the golden hues in the crumbling ledges.
PAUL REZENDES
VINALHAVEN
On a breathless, autumn morning an inlet of Penobscot Bay becomes a watery mirror.
PAUL REZENDES
PENOBSCOT RIVER
The shadow of Mount Katahdin rises against a bold sky, and the rapids of the West Branch foam and steam.
JEFFREY STEVENSEN
COREA
Behind a weathered fence and a tangle of beach roses, a lawn stretches to the edge of an overcast ocean.
TERRY DONNELLY
GREEN ISLAND
Off Vinalhaven, pink granite ledges have the smooth contours of a work of sculpture.
SARA GRAY
FALMOUTH FORESIDE
Like a complex arrangement of cathedral pillars, the snow-streaked trunks of evergreens rise up against a bright winter sky.
SARA GRAY
MACHIAS
The archetype of a saltwater farm: this Down East house is so at ease with its setting it belongs nowhere else but in Maine.
BRIAN VANDEN BRINK
DEER ISLE
The falling tide reveals slick rocks and a shaggy carpet of seaweed along the edge of a commercial pier.
TERRY DONNELLY
PINE POINT
The pier is gone, but the pilings remain. In the distance lobsterboats ride at anchor at the mouth of the Scarborough River.
DEAN ABRAMSON
