Ralph And Dolly

If you live on an island, most likely you will know your neighbors. It's a pretty tight knit community here and I was fortunate enough to meet my neighbors for the moment, Dolly and Ralph. Today, Ralph came over to sit down and chat with me a while. Once I told him that I've been taking pictures, he told me all about his days as a photographer. I asked if I could come over to his home in a few hours to take his photograph and he smiled and said, "sure!"

When he was working, Ralph was the official photographer for the state of Maine, among other jobs as a photographer in his career. He took photographs that were displayed on the state map at the time. He photographed the governor and his family for each map as well as the local sights, activities, and food of Maine.

It was a pleasure listening to his stories on what equipment he used at the time, how he got his shots and all of the places he went being the official photographer of the state. I couldn't help but have a smile on my face as I listened to his tales. He and his wife, Dolly have lived in the same house on this island for forty years. They've been through all different weather conditions and couldn't imagine being anywhere else.