Rooted in Harpswell Since the 1760s
Island Works Photography is a one-man operation, but the story behind it stretches back further than a camera or a drone. I’m the ninth generation of my family to call Harpswell home, with roots here tracing back to the 1760s, and I grew up on Orr’s Island, surrounded by the same coves, ledges, and working waterfront I now spend my days photographing. There’s a difference between photographing a place and knowing it — and that’s the difference I try to bring to every image in this gallery.
Outside of the camera, I spend a lot of time digging into local history — genealogy, old town records, the stories behind the places I photograph. That research finds its way back into the photography: many of the images in this gallery carry a bit of the history behind what’s in the frame, from the granite in the Bailey Island Bridge to the fish houses that still stand along Mackerel Cove.
Island Works Photography grew out of that same connection to place — a small, print-focused business built to share Harpswell as I actually see it: aerial and landscape work of the islands, the necks, and the water in between, printed as fine art for the wall.