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Pray For Maine


These images were made for a pair of stories written by Sean Scott for the Maine Monitor. The stories (linked above) examine the growing political influence of conservative Christianity in Maine. My personal edit is visible below.
Mainers gather in small groups organized by region, during a National Day of Prayer event, organized by the Christian Civic League of Maine, near the State House in Augusta, Maine on Thursday May 7, 2026.
Senior Pastor Travis Carey delivers a morning sermon at the Calvary Chapel of Greater Portland in Westbrook, Maine on Sunday May 10, 2026.
Peggy, right, worships during a National Day of Prayer, organized by the Christian Civic League of Maine, as two boys peek into the revival tent, near the State House in Augusta, Maine on Thursday May 7, 2026.
Congregants listen as the house band performs during Sunday Service at the Calvary Chapel Greater Portland in Westbrook, Maine on May 10, 2026, 
Jenni, center, and other Mainers worship during a National Day of Prayer, organized by the Christian Civic League of Maine near the State House in Augusta, Maine on Thursday May 7, 2026.
A man wore a tie adorned with iconography from the Maine state flag, as well as two crosses, as he attended a National Day of Prayer, organized by the Christian Civic League of Maine near the State House in Augusta, Maine on Thursday May 7, 2026.
Tammy, left, is embraced by Barbara as the pair worship inside of the revival tent during a National Day of Prayer, organized by the Christian Civic League of Maine near the State House in Augusta, Maine on Thursday May 7, 2026.
A National Day of Prayer event, organized by the Christian Civic League of Maine, begins to wrap up as the sun sets near the State House in Augusta, Maine  on Thursday May 7, 2026.
The pulpit is seen after a Sunday service at the Calvary Chapel Greater Portland in Westbrook, Maine on May 10, 2026.

Fairfield  PFAS


These images were made for a pair of stories written by Emmett Gartner for the Maine Monitor. The stories (linked above) examine PFAS and related issues in Fairfield, Maine, and other impacted areas. My personal edit is visible below.
Nathan Saunders who’s land and water contains dangerously high levels of PFAS chemicals stands in his yard in Fairfield, Maine on Monday, March 16, 2026. Saunders has high levels of PFAS in his own blood, and reports PFAS related illness in his family.
Renee Reynolds sits in her home, across the street from a field that she believes recieved PFAS contaminated wastewater sludge, in Fairfield, Maine on March 19, 2026. Reynolds used to live in a trailer park that had a water supply contaminated by PFAS chemicals and E. coli. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she and her family moved out, to a new lot, that is connected to public water.
Rain falls on a field that was licensed to recieve PFAS contaminated wastewater sludge, and now tests as one of the most toxic in Fairfield, Maine on Monday, March 16, 2026. When precipitation enters the ground, this water also becomes contaminated. Movement of groundwater spreads the forever chemicals.

Rising Paganism in Maine
- As Paganism’s popularity grows in Maine, leaders are coming together around an often solitary practice

These images were made for a story written by Sean Scott for the Maine Monitor. The story (linked above) examines the rise of Paganism and related spiritual practices in Maine. My personal edit is visible below.

Paul Ridlon, a pagan druid who also goes by the name Magnus de Rhuddlan, wears his “Moss Bear” suit as he stands inside of his yurt in Portland, Maine on Feb. 11, 2026. Ridlon is a member of the Maine Pagan Clergy Association, and “Moss Bear” is one of several suits he constructed for use during shamanic rituals and community events.
The gate leading to Ridlon’s backyard is illuminated by his breaklights at his home in Portland, Maine on Feb. 11, 2026. The Norse runes on the gate read: “Speak friend and enter,” a phrase adopted from The Lord of the Rings.
Ridlon shovels the walkway of the Portland New Church, a Swedenborgian Spiritual Community where he serves as Council President, and co-leads a monthly “cosmic mass,” in Portland, Maine on Feb. 11, 2026.
Ridlon wears his “Moss Bear” suit as he stands outside the yurt where he lives in Portland, Maine on Feb. 11, 2026.
From left, Paul Ridlon, William Huntington, and Ally Meeks eat dinner at Ridlon’s home in Portland, Maine, as his dogs, Athena and Blue, wait for table scraps on Feb. 11, 2026. Huntington and Meeks both rent from Ridlon. 
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