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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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  • Published
    August 2, 2013

    STILL LIFE: Acadia National Park

    Tourists wait for the right wave to roll in to Thunder Hole at Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island recently.

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    July 25, 2013

    Bossov Ballet Theatre company presents ‘Giselle’ at Waterville Opera House

    The Bossov Ballet Theatre company performed the ballet “Giselle” Thursday at the Waterville Opera House. The company will perform at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday night.

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    July 23, 2013

    STILL LIFE: On golden pond

    Fisherman cast their lines on to a sun drenched Great Pond in Belgrade on Sunday. The pond was made famous by Ernest Thompson’s screenplay, “On Golden Pond.”

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    July 18, 2013

    Christmas in July a warm celebration

    Melody Ranch in Fairfield on Thursday held its annual senior citizen Christmas in July celebration.

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    July 9, 2013

    STILL LIFE: Lemonade serenade

    Skylah Rayne Breault-Talon, 7, serenades shoppers with her recorder at her lemonade stand, set up at her mother’s yard sale on Silver Street in Waterville on Sunday.

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    July 8, 2013

    STILL LIFE: MIFF crosswalk

    Pat Burdick, right, and her covivant, Kevin James, left, paint a new Maine International FIlm Festival themed crosswalk on Main Street in downtown Waterville on Sunday.

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    July 7, 2013

    STILL LIFE: Swing into a summer splash

    Kenneth Frappier, 15, of Fairfield, takes the plunge from a rope swing in to the Messalonskee Stream in Waterville near North Street on Saturday.

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    July 5, 2013

    STILL LIFE: Lake George respite

    Willow Page, 5, front, sister, Daisy, 6, left, and mother, Mary-Anna, all of Anson, escape the high temperatures in Lake George, on the Canaan and Skowhegan town line, on Friday.

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    June 29, 2013

    STILL LIFE: Fairfield Days Community Festival

    The Fairfield Days Community Festival, which celebrates the town’s 225th anniversary of incorporation, ended Saturday.

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    June 27, 2013

    STILL LIFE: Top of Maine

    Jesse Hamilton, of Waterville, traverses the Knife Edge on Mt. Katahdin in Baxter State Park on Sunday. Mt. Katahdin is the highest mountain in Maine and the northern terminus for the Appalachian Trail. The Knife Edge route offers spectacular views along it’s narrow razor like ridge that connects Pamona Peak to Baxter Peak.