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Agnew, Owen
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Photography
Title
Surviving Is All I Know
Year
2010
Madeleine Pryor documents the life of Stephanie Epps, a stripper from Portland who is looking for a quick way to make money and live on her own terms. Contains adult content.
Type
Photography
Title
Walking After Midnight
Year
2004
With the desire to have her own place to live, Linda Mae Ash spends her time at Rockin' Rickey's Tavern. Talia Weiner captures Ash's life as a homeless senior citizen.
Type
Radio
Title
The Memories Station
Year
2021
A story about nostalgia, the connective power of radio, and one beloved oldies DJ - who runs 10 radio stations, all on his own, from his home in Bath.
Type
published content
Title
Granite- Challenge of the Elements
Year
1992
In the hayday of the granite industry, thousands of Maine quarrymen and stone cutters worker in over a hundred quarries. Amy Potokar documents the work that a few determined artisans continue to do with granite on Crotch Island.
Type
Photography
Title
Logan Place
Year
2007
In an effort to assist the homeless population of Portland, Logan Place offers homeless individuals their own permanent apartments, and a way to turn their lives around. Liz Lance captures the work done at Logan Place.
Type
Photography
Title
In Vino Veritas Photographs
Year
2009
A local business owner since 2006, Jacques deVillier owns the Old Port Wine Merchants and Cigar Shoppe in Portland. Rebeca Beeman captures images of deVillier sharing stories with his customers.
Type
published content
Title
Boats That Come Naturally
Year
1979
Building boats since 1951, the artform comes naturally to Ralph Stanley. Dorothy O'Keefe speaks to Stanley about his work building boats.
Type
Writing
Title
Raising the Flag
Year
2008
For the Freeport Flag Ladies, the American flag is more than just a symbol, but an entire lifestyle. Brendan Collins highlights how this group has made it their life's work to keep alive a sense of true Americanism, despite an unpopular war in Iraq.
Type
Writing
Title
The Culture of Things: An Iranian Family in Maine
Year
2002
Jones Franzel highlights the lives of Iranians who escaped Iran because they practice Baha'ism. Franzel discusses how Iranians who practiced Baha'ism lived as a persecuted minority in Iran and how coming to the United States offered them opportunities to live their lives.
Type
Photography
Title
The Desert of Maine
Year
2003
Located near the town of Freeport, Maine has its own desert, but instead of sand, it contains glacial silt. Lars Howlett captures how the Desert of Maine has become a tourist attraction.
Type
Writing
Title
Living in America, Dreaming of Lebanon
Year
2007
Born as a second generation Lebanese-Ameican, Jeanne Handy always considered herself Lebanese before anything else. Paige MacGregor discusses how Handry desires to connect with her families Lebanese culture by using aspects of her heritage in her daily life.
Type
Writing
Title
The Lost Apples
Year
2014
Hard cider is one of New England's oldest fermented beveraged, and the co-owers of Shaksbury Cider in Vermont are attempting to reinvent it by putting the apples first and finding the lost apples of America. Caroline Santinelli documents the work that Shacksbury Cider does in making hard cider that embraces the ripe vinegar and rough earthy flavors disregarded by other makers.
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