The iconic Maine Harbor is changing.  Fishermen can no longer afford to live on the Harbor. At one time the lobster fishermen walked out their doors and the harbor was in their backyard, allowing them to work on gear and their boats with ease.  More and more the families that have worked out of the harbor for generations are not able to afford the property on the harbor as the older generation passes and their properties are sold to people from out of state.  The new generation faces more federal regulations (threatening their way of life) as climate change is here, and a higher cost of living as well as the changing landscape of people from “away.”

Downeast Harborside is a series of portraits of the rugged men, woman and children who fish out of the working harbor of Corea, Maine. Generations of fishermen have made a living from lobstering out of the harbor of Corea.  As more and more visitors from "away" start buying property in Corea, the harbor is starting to see a change.  I have been creating portraits of the hardworking, rugged lobstering community before the lobstering community of Corea is no more.