Growing up, I always pictured Maine as this vast wilderness, full of mysterious lakes and hidden coves—a paradise where Bigfoot and moose live side by side. While I have no visual confirmation for the latter, the adult version of myself happily confirmed the former. Tucked away in northeastern Maine, on Mount Desert Island, lies Acadia National Park. There’s an enchantment to the land there—a sort of reverence demanded by every stone, tree and lichen. This is an old place, a proud place.
My first visit to Mount Desert Island came thanks to a wonderful person named Charlotte, who invited Cold Weather Company up to play a show back in 2016. A year later, the band was lucky enough to return for a week-long residency through the Barn Arts Collective. Then, in 2018, with my fancy new D850 in hand, I made a return trip to the island to capture photos and footage for CWC’s album ‘Find Light’. I managed to crash my drone within the first hour of being on the island, which can be seen in this video for “Birds on a String” .
If you ever have the chance to roam the mossy trails of Maine, don’t miss it.