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A Battle for the Future of the Great Lakes // Spring 2023 for @sierramagazine In the event of a Line 5 oil spill, the strong currents in Lake Michigan could bring oil to the windswept shores of Charlevoix and other coastal communities along the 700 miles of vulnerable shoreline and at risk. Read the full story at sc.org/line-5-resisters (at Charlevoix, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqZLV2vsdAP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A Battle for the Future of the Great Lakes // Spring 2023 for @sierramagazine Whitney Gravelle, President of the Bay Mills Indian Community and the leader this fight deserves. All 12 federally recognized tribes in the state of Michigan support the decommissioning of Line 5, but Gravelle is the one taking on the courtroom battle with Big Oil where this issue has been tied up for years. In her native language of Anishinaabe her name translates to "Woman Standing in the North" which couldn't have felt more fitting as the snow swirled around us while we stood on the shores of her homeland. (at Bay Mills, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqHX2ckuioM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A Battle for the Future of the Great Lakes // Spring 2023 for @sierramagazine Whitney Gravelle, President of the Bay Mills Indian Community and the leader this fight deserves. All 12 federally recognized tribes in the state of Michigan support the decommissioning of Line 5, but Gravelle is the one taking on the courtroom battle with Big Oil where this issue has been tied up for years. In her native language of Anishinaabe her name translates to "Woman Standing in the North" which couldn't have felt more fitting while the snow swirled around us as we stood on the shores of her homeland. (at Bay Mills, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqHX2ckuioM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A Battle for the Future of the Great Lakes // Spring 2023 for @sierramagazine The days leading up to this morning flight over the Straits of Mackinac had been exceedingly cold and gray as you might expect Northern Michigan in early December to be. My challenge was to contextualize the sheer scale of the risk posed by the Line 5 pipeline and attempt to convey the natural beauty at the site of its longest water crossing, a four mile wide channel connecting two massive bodies of water, Lakes Michigan and Huron. Our little prop plane had to take off in the dark if we were going to make it to the Straits by sunrise and finally, for a few brief moments at dawn, the clouds lifted as we flew over the heart of the freshwater world. Read the rest of the story at the link in my bio. (at Straits of Mackinac) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGpFJPu6Ko/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“The Craftsman” photographed for @magnolianetwork, out now on @hbomax When I met Eric he was carving a block of *curly redwood* into a key for @sarabareilles - apparently Eureka is her hometown and at a concert the following evening the city was awarding her the commemorative keys to the castle. Eric said he didn’t really know her but that he knew her dad and I loved the way a small town can recontextualize a celebrity through parental relationships 🗝️ Anyway, CURLY REDWOOD is only formed when a redwood tree gets so massive that the wood at the base of its trunk begins to compress under the immense weight and turns the typically straight grain wood into bendy waves. That photo in the first slide is of a splinter off the base of a what was presumably a monstrous tree. To be clear, Eric isn’t in the business of chopping down redwoods. This was simply one of the many ancient artifacts he had lying around his workshop. (at Eureka, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpRKvkOpv-x/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“The Craftsman” photographed for @magnolianetwork on @hbomax Imagine the smell inside this place. Eric and his wife Viviana have spent the last 40 years running Blue Ox as a school, historic park and haven for craftsmen. It’s one of very few fully functioning Victorian job shops still producing custom architectural millwork. They describe it as “a place where craftsmanship techniques of the last century are preserved and quality takes precedence over mass production. “ (at Eureka, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpRAIa2vIyL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Master craftsman Eric Hollenbeck, photographed in his workshop @blueoxmillworks for @magnolianetwork on @hbomax (at Eureka, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpQpdGoSwU8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@cotopaxi // Free to Roam The sun was up from 5am to 11pm which made for long days but beautiful light. We worked hard and as you can tell had absolutely no fun. Art Direction: @matkestle @ainsperl Copywriting: @carolinemaahs Video: @oster.jacob Talent: @lani.jpeg @brontelove @steven.a.l.frederick @_stonnie (at Seward, Alaska) https://www.instagram.com/p/CovIYq-yY4l/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@cotopaxi // Free to Roam The sun was up from 5am to 11pm which made for long days but beautiful light. We worked hard and as you can tell had absolutely no fun. Art Direction: @matkestle @ainsperl Copywriting: @carolinemaahs Video: @oster.jacob Talent: @lani.jpeg @brontelove @steven.a.l.frederick @_stonnie (at Seward, Alaska) https://www.instagram.com/p/CovF-O8ShjH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@cotopaxi // Free to Roam The sun was up from 5am to 11pm which made for long days but beautiful light. We worked hard and as you can tell had absolutely no fun. Art Direction: @matkestle @ainsperl Copywriting: @carolinemaahs Video: @oster.jacob Talent: @lani.jpeg @brontelove @steven.a.l.frederick @_stonnie (at Seward, Alaska) https://www.instagram.com/p/CovFUuTPvDB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The land of the midnight sun. Where the mosquitos are so big they’ve actually been named the state bird. ALASKA. Photographed for @cotopaxi Talent: @steven.a.l.frederick @_stonnie @brontelove @lani.jpeg Producer: @matkestle Art Director: @ainsperl Video: @oster.jacob Copywriter: @carolinemaahs (at Seward, Alaska) https://www.instagram.com/p/CotUPeHrLzZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The land of the midnight sun. Where the mosquitos are so big they’ve actually been named the state bird. ALASKA. Photographed for @cotopaxi Talent: @steven.a.l.frederick @_stonnie @brontelove @lani.jpeg Producer: @matkestle Art Director: @ainsperl Video: @oster.jacob Copywriter: @carolinemaahs (at Seward, Alaska) https://www.instagram.com/p/CotI9XSJERm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Scalloping in New England for @hellyhansen last spring, pt. 3 There’s a lot to say about our food systems and connection - or lack thereof - to them. In seeking out unique workwear stories for HH I had the chance to meet Tim of @newenglandfishmongers who operates one of the very last small scale fishing operations in the region. Tim was quick to point out how small-scale crews are fairly inefficient compared to bigger commercial operations… but that those inefficiencies are actually good for the resource, have a smaller impact and allow time for recovery. We’ve seen the hyper industrialization of other natural resource dependent industries lead to unhealthy outcomes (I’m thinking specifically of monocropping and CAFOs - concentrated animal feed operations)… nonetheless, the small scale operators have steadily been pushed out of business over the years… except for Tim. We were meant to go hook & line fishing on this trip, but the temperamental weather didn’t allow so we tagged along as they dredged for scallops closer to shore. Now, I love (eating) scallops but never knew quite what they looked like in the wild (did you know they can swim??) or how they’re caught. Dredging can be damaging to the sea floor, considering they drag the “sled” along the ocean bed and catch whatever’s there (including a wooly mammoth tooth while we were there) but they are very limited to the areas where they’re allowed to fish like this and again, their sled is a fraction of the size of much much larger operations. We humans are pretty extractive creatures, but the better we understand the systems we depend on, the more likely we are to improve upon them. I ran video and shot these BTS #35mm frames while my partner in crime @andrewfitts tackled the drone work and digital photography. As alway @sam.hedlund delivered on the edit and sound mix. A big thanks to the @newenglandfishmongers crew, including @stateofmaineiac and @highroadfarm who were patient and kind to us greenhorns, and of course lots of gratitude to the @hellyhansen crew - @bradybarry and @brennonethan - for enabling the creation of this work. You check check out their full blog post at the link in my bio. (at Kittery, Maine) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoYdrJEpzsy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Scalloping in New England for @hellyhansen last spring. There’s a lot to say about our food systems and connection - or lack thereof - to them. In seeking out unique workwear stories for HH I had the chance to meet Tim of @newenglandfishmongers who operates one of the very last small scale fishing operations in the region. Tim was quick to point out how small-scale crews are fairly inefficient compared to bigger commercial operations … but that those inefficiencies are actually good for the resource, have a smaller impact and allow time for recovery. We’ve seen the hyper industrialization of other natural resource dependent industries lead to unhealthy outcomes (I’m thinking specifically of monocropping and CAFOs - concentrated animal feed operations)… nonetheless, the small scale operators have steadily been pushed out of business over the years… except for Tim. We were meant to go hook & line fishing on this trip, but the temperamental weather didn’t allow so we tagged along as they dredged for scallops closer to shore. Now, I love (eating) scallops but never knew quite what they looked like in the wild (did you know they can swim??) or how they’re caught. Dredging can be damaging to the sea floor, considering they drag the “sled” along the ocean bed and catch whatever’s there (including a wooly mammoth tooth while we were there) but they are very limited to the areas where they’re allowed to fish like this and again, their sled is a fraction of the size of much much larger operations. We humans are pretty extractive creatures, but the better we understand the systems we depend on, the more likely we are to improve upon them. I ran video and shot these BTS #35mm frames while my partner in crime @andrewfitts tackled the drone work and digital photography. As alway @sam.hedlund delivered on the edit and sound mix. A big thanks to the @newenglandfishmongers crew, including @stateofmaineiac and @highroadfarm who were patient and kind to us greenhorns, and of course lots of gratitude to the @hellyhansen crew - @bradybarry and @brennonethan - for enabling the creation of this work. You check check out their full blog post about the shoot at the link in my bio. (at Kittery, Maine) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoYZoU3PDsk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#35mm

Predictably the day fades away and the birds fly home. The kids finish playing and run back for dinner. The earth keeps turning and the light keeps dancing and when it stops filling the sky we light a thousand tiny fires inside. For me it’s one of the best parts of being a photographer, the noticing. The sharing however, that’s been harder for me lately. I’ve been sitting on a lot of work and it’s time to let the light bounce there too. More soon. x, Adam (at Blacks Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoLenO2PUDK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The joy of traveling, for me, is often found in quiet places that required meaningful effort to reach. It’s when stillness finally sets in that clarity catches up to reveal what’s been obscured by busyness. This summer I spent a couple days on Orcas Island looking for such moments while shooting for a new artist residency program coming to the island next year. These are a few of the frames I was able to capture. They’re also my last minute entry to the @fieldmag #shootfilmdrinkbeer photo contest. It’s been a year of analog client work which caught me by surprise but leaves me full of gratitude. Film, especially medium format, has forced me to lean deeper into those moments of stillness. #35mm #120 (at Orcas Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjpQV0vWcS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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