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Photography
Title
The Lady from Next Door
Year
2004
Brian Henry documents the life of Caryl Widdowson, a woman from Gray, Maine who lives at home with her many animals.
Type
Radio
Title
Virtual Reality Gives Medical Students a Dose of Empathy
Year
2019
One university in Maine is revolutionizing health care education by teaching empathy. The school has integrated virtual reality as a mandatory part of the curriculum. But can 7 minutes really change a person? And is empathy even teachable?
Type
Multimedia
Title
The Senility Prayer
Year
2013
At the age of 92, Mary Foley only fears that she might become helpless and have to depend on other people. Emma Rosenberg documents how Foley copes with old age.
Type
Photography
Title
Legion Hall
Year
1991
Josh Gallant documents the crowd within a Legion Hall in Maine.
Type
published content
Title
Mary Toft Walton in Apartment, Portland, 1991
Year
1995
Kaycie Levy photographs Mary Toft Walton, a retired schoolteacher, going through papers in her apartment.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Hal and Ethel
Year
2014
Celebrating 75 years of marriage in August 2014, Hal and Ethel Burton have had a good life together. Caroline Santinelli documents how Hal has experienced memory loss and the loneliness that Ethel feels because of that.
Type
Multimedia
Title
My Last Decade
Year
2014
At 90 years old, Betty Jarratt chooses to live independently. Alysia Mazzella profiles how Jarratt thinks about death, but does not dwell on it and focuses on living.
Type
Radio
Title
Lou, The Crossing Guide
Year
2010
For over 14 years, Lou Alexander has been a crossing guard in Portland and developed a rapport among the students. Emily Friedman highlights Lou's life in retirement and his interactions with students.
Type
Photography
Title
Somehow, Someway
Year
2010
Sarah Craig documents the work that Glenda St. Pierre does as a caretaker for both her mother, who is 100 years old, and her husband, who has advanced Parkinson's.
Type
Photography
Title
Travelling Band: Old Time Tunes
Year
1999
Olivia Goldfine documents the Old Time Radio Gang and their travels.
Type
Photography
Title
After an Afternoon
Year
2006
Caryn Turgeon documents the life of Bernard Booker.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Scrap Metal Mick
Year
2013
When Mick Smith retired from being a psychologist, he decided to turn to something entirely different, collecting scrap metal. Cory Valentine profiles the work Smith does to collect metal and sell it.
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