Summer and Fall

Landscape photography from the northeastern corner of the USA.

Seasonal shifts happen fast in northern Maine and this year has flown by amid political chaos and massive distractions. We put a new roof on our house and then my partner was furloughed from his government contractor job. I’m doing some volunteer work, job searching and wrapping up teaching a photography workshop at the Colorado Photographic Art Center. I enjoy working with adults on creative process but having the flexibility to do things like that comes from having a spouse whose job supplies health insurance and a steady paycheck. I’m planning on teaching a couple more in the spring but haven’t settled on times and dates yet.

Escape is on my mind but I’ve already tucked myself into the farthest northeastern corner of the USA as you can get. As much as I would love to relocate to someplace like Finland or even to our neighbor Canada, I also want to see things turn around here at home in the USA. Photography is a grounding practice for me, a way of appreciating what is beautiful in the ordinary places around me. It is also a way of focusing my attention on things that are more timeless than politics, less worrying than economics.

Here are some images from this summer:

This road fascinates me. It’s someone’s driveway but for me it’s a curving shape that I return to frequently, rephotographing it over the passage of time.

Wind is moving through, carrying the dust of our ancestors.

Moving into the fall season, this one was made on one of the first frosty mornings, during the early transitional time of the season.

Here are some more recent ones from fall. We’re wrapping up foliage season here and turning towards stick season, which has been getting longer with climate change.

There are so many abandoned orchards here. I wish I was more into apples. They’re delicious but I’m mildly allergic to them. I also wish the orchards were being cared for and harvested.

Super crispy and sweet-sour. A perfect pie apple. I like to taste them but don’t eat much because they make me sick.

This water tower supplies the city of Presque Isle, Maine. It is a landmark that can be seen for miles in every direction. I’ve been photographing it for a while and have a collection of images that I’d like to turn into a show or something.

The stillness of intersecting planes of color is so quieting and meditative.

The geometry of flat planes reflecting the sun is endlessly fascinating.

Be well and take care of yourselves and your loved ones.

XO -Morgain