Maurice Gordon is a retired master plasterer from West Kennebunkport. Lynn Kippax Jr. and Salt students visit Gordon to learn about his craft of working with plaster.

As someone who has held many different jobs in his life, Al Buzzell is a jack of all trades. Mark Childs documents how Buzzell got involved with a number of different trades.

As someone who has held many different jobs in his life, Al Buzzell is a jack of all trades. Pam Berry captures an image of Buzzell.

Maurice Gordon is a retired master plasterer from West Kennebunkport. Bethany Aronow and other Salt students visit Gordon to learn about his craft of working with plaster.

Noreen Hogan focuses on the work of women tradesworkers, capturing Kenda Cole loading her semi truck.

Noreen Hogan takes a photograph of Marian Vear and her male co-workers at Bath Iron Works.

Noreen Hogan captures the work of women tradesworkers around Bath, Maine.

Noreen Hogan documents the lives of women who work in non-traditional trades in Maine.

David Homovich has worked in the Bluestone mining industry in Downsville, New York, as an independent quarryman his entire life. Despite working alone in a quarry that isn't producing quality stone, he still continues to practice this esoteric trade like his forefathers have done since the early 1900s.

The November 1987 issue of Salt Magazine features stories on a local tradesman, the search for a lost hunter, and the Custom House Wharf.