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