Monday, May 4, 2009

Documentary Work

Here is some of the work from my other Salt essay that was done colaborativly with a writer Rachel Hurn


Becca Gagne calmly walks her son Rowan from the family farm to talk with her daughter Oceanna who is throwing a fit in front of the family’s solar powered home, on their homestead in Franklin, ME






Oceanna, home from school sick, eats duck eggs her mother Becca has harvested.












Not having time to cook fresh food, after a morning of preparing the farm for the winter, Becca prepares organic macaroni and cheese for her son Rowan.










Jeff Gagne, watches as two local hunters explain how to skin the bear that had been killing their goats. Jeff and his wife let Oceanna and Rowan watch, in an effort to teach their children where their food comes from. The family will use all parts of the animal that they reluctantly killed to protect their family and farm.





Jeff falls asleep in the family bed after a long day of work on the homestead. Oceanna and Rowan revel in their ability to stay up late.

more on this later including multimedia and images from the other family

all images copyright SALT/ Heather Noonan

Documentary Work

Here are a few pictures from my salt photo essay on Erin Wallace, a recovering Anorexic

Erin Wallace, a recovering anorexic, stares at herself in disbelief, as she fits into the size zero jeans that she though were way too small at the Maine Mall in South Portland, ME.









Erin begins a month long colonics treatment to rid her system of yeast, while her daughter Elisabeth eats vegan gluten free frozen waffles.











Erin frantically searches for food she and her daughter can eat. Erin regularly sees a kinesiologist. The kinesiologist diagnosed her with celiac disease and her daughter with several food allergies. As a result Erin obsessively maintains control over every ingredient that her and her daughter consume.






Erin compares gluten and nut free cereal to make sure that they do not contain any ingredients that she cannot eat.











After Erin’s husband told her, during her pregnancy with Elisabeth, that she was getting too big to share the bed with him, Erin started sleeping in a separate bedroom. She gets ready to go to work at the Rising Tide Food Coop in Damariscotta, ME.

stay tuned for more from this piece including multimedia!

all images copyright 2008 SALT/ Heather Noonan