Cowboy Junkies perform at the Waterville Opera House Saturday night. The Canadian band is touring the United States promoting their new four CD box set “The Nomad Series”.
Michael G. Seamans
Michael is a Maine-raised photojournalist who has been on staff at the Morning Sentinel since August 2010. He is a 2002 graduate of Sterling College in Vermont where he studied experiential education with at-risk youth populations. Prior to becoming a photojournalist he traveled the United States, Canada and Nepal as a climber, exploring some of the world’s largest and most impressive mountain ranges. Living in a van and climbing 300 days a year led him to the Forest Service as an initial attack wildland firefighter in Colorado. Michael next landed at Metropolitan State University in Denver in 2005 where he continued his education in photojournalism. From there he interned at the Fort Collins Coloraodoan, The Advocate in Baton Rouge and the Jackson Hole News and Guide. His first staff photojournalism job was with the Fort Collins Coloradoan in 2007. In 2010 Michael, a 1994 graduate of Edward Little High School, returned to Maine and a job with the Morning Sentinel. During the last 10 years, he's has received multiple grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to report on topics ranging from the Ebola epidemic, women and children’s healthcare and diamond mining in Sierra Leone to energy and climate in Labrador. He has won multiple national awards, including in the Best of Photojournalism competition as well as the National Press Photographers Association (small market) photographer of the year in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
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STILL LIFE: Thanks for the bath
Emily Randall, 15, of Palmyra, gets a kiss as she washes her cousin’s calf before the 4-H show at the Skowhegan State Fair on Saturday morning.
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Photos from the Skowhegan Fair
The Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest fair in Maine, is in its 194th year.
It continues at Skowhegan Fairgrounds for 10 days with rides, animal exhibits and competitions, music, demolition derbies, harness racing and other entertainment. The fair is billed as the nation’s longest continuously operating agricultural fair.
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STILL LIFE: Our state fair is a great state fair
Chris Verrill, of Augusta, repairs a torn piece of vinyl on his Wacky-Wire game during set-up for the Skowhegan State Fair on Wednesday. The fair opens Thursday morning and runs through Satuday, Aug. 18. For more information, visit the Skowhegan State Fair website.
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STILL LIFE: Flower shower
Patty Cormier waters her flowers outside her Home Brew Supply store on Farmington Falls Road in Farmington on Sunday morning.
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STILL LIFE: Flying leap
Zachariah Vincent, 25, of Skowhegan, leaps from the cliffs into the Kennebec River on Thursday near the Margaret Chase Smith Bridge with Skowhegan Dam in the background in Skowhegan. It is illegal to jump into the river from the bridge, and authorities urge people to use caution when jumping from the cliffs into the river.
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STILL LIFE: Don’t take it lying down
Team Tempurpedic, right, races against Team Bulldog in the Great Skowhegan Bed Races sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department in downtown Skowhegan on Thursday evening. Several teams, with five members each, competed in the annual race.
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Photos from Taste of Greater Waterville
This slideshow features a series of photos from the Taste of Greater Waterville Festival today in Waterville, Maine. Photos by Morning Sentinel staff photographers David Leaming and Michael Seamans.
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STILL LIFE: Dogs on the run
The Eastern Maine Agility Club is hosting a three-day dog agility event at the Skowhegan State Fair Grounds, starting today and running through Sunday.
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STILL LIFE: Freshwater waves
Wake in the morning has a different meaning for Troy Welch.