Leah Chernikoff highlights the work of Dahlov Ipcar, an artist who paints creatures of all kinds. Chernikoff speaks to Ipcar about painting and how she learned to draw.

A artist who suffers from illness, Peter McFarland discusses his legacy at age 65. Katie Arrants highlights the work of McFarland and speaks to him regarding his outsider art.

Like many diners, the Third Alarm Diner carries a unique characteristic that makes it different from other diners, housing a collection of firefighting memorabilia. Drew Oberholtzer captures images highlighting how the diner brings out the firefighting culture and family feeling.

Kate Jeremiah captures images of immigrants who come from different places to America for freedom, known as the bridge generation.

Kimberly Lesher captures the lives of transgender individuals living in Maine.

David Kingdon documents the lives of burn survivors and their experiences through rehabilitation.

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.

At the Elwell Farms retirement home, residents cultivate different kinds of flowers and plants in their gardens. Caty Enders speaks to the women about gardening and how it allows them to be a close community.

In Maine, there is a growing conflict between old lifestyles and traditions surrounding hunting and wildlife preservation. Olivia Goldfine captures images of hunters and animal rehabilitators.

Salt offers thanks to individuals and organizations that have supported the 1985 Salt Development Fund.

Table of contents for August 1985 Salt Magazine.

Coming to Maine as refugees, two Cambodian families experience contrasts from their old lives and new ones in a land with plenty. Marianne Ciampi highlights how these two families adapt to their new lives in Maine.