While Portland is heralded as a city that is too good to be true, Maria Hazen explored the other side of the story. Hazen documents the lives of individuals who are struggling to get off the streets.

Salt documents how immigrants are setting down cultural roots through agriculture in a small Maine town.

Rebeca Beeman captures the work Tom Witkowski does delivering pizza to customers.

A delivery man for Pizza Time in Portland, Tom Witkowski highlights his job delivering pizza to customers. Witkowski speaks about his love for pizza and his experiences while on the job.

Nayantara Kakshapati captures the Local 188 restaurant, owned by Jay Villani.

Struggling to get by year by year, the Bubier family in Washington County piece together a year of income from seasonal work. Mark Childs documents how the Bubier family survives in rural Maine.

October 1947 was the year of the great fire in Maine. Dottie O'Keefe speaks to residents in Maine about their experiences when sixty fires raged for a week.

Inside front cover for the September 1992 Salt Magazine, with advertisement for Admiral Farragut Academy.

Inside front cover for the August 1993 Salt Magazine, with advertisement for Admiral Farragut Academy.

Zachary Crabtree highlights a rehearsal of the Casco Bay Tummlers, a band that performs klezmer music, a type of music traditional of Ashkenazi Jews in Eastern Europe.

The YMCA organization serves multiple purposes within a local community, from offering recreational sports to housing. Jim Chilsen speaks with patrons and residents of the Portland YMCA to discuss programs and activities related to recreation and social services.

Returning to his hometown in Fryeburg once a year, Keegan Cooke returns to help his dad sell pretzels at the Freyburg Fair. Noah Fowler captures the work of the Cooke's.