CAMDEN — Penobscot Marine Museum Digital Curator Matt Wheeler is set to present a hybrid illustrated talk, “Jim Moore: Midcoast Correspondent,” at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, at the Camden Public Library, 55 Main St.

The presentation will explore Moore’s life and work as a denizen of Midcoast Maine.

This event is presented in conjunction with the Jim Moore exhibit from the Penobscot Marine Museum in the Picker Room Gallery, as well as Camden Public Library’s Maritime Month theme of programs, during April, according to a news release from Julia Sagaser with the library.

This hybrid event will take place in person in the library’s Picker Room as well as on Zoom. The Zoom registration link to attend virtually is at librarycamden.org.

As a child, Moore visited a noted news photographer’s darkroom, which sparked a lifelong interest in cameras and photography. In 1940, he moved to Rockland, where he became correspondent reporter/photographer for the Portland Press Herald’s Rockland office, and represented other Gannett Publishing papers in Maine.

During his career, he distinguished himself as a photojournalist, receiving local and national awards for his work. He worked with fellow Midcoast photographers Kosti Ruohomaa and Carroll Thayer Berry to publish Maine Coastal Portrait in 1959. Moore died in 2001.

The Penobscot Marine Museum acquired nearly 2,000 of his large format negatives in 2022; these images are predominantly maritime-themed. The lion’s share of his archive is at the Rockland Historical Society. The two institutions have joined forces to create this exhibit of Moore’s maritime photographs. The show was guest-curated by Maine wooden boat expert Maynard Bray.

For more information, call the library at 207-236-3440.

 

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