Maine Trust for Local News photographers focus on those who brave the weather.
Shawn Patrick Ouellette
Staff Photographer
Shawn has been a staff photographer at the Portland Press Herald since 2002. He previously worked for the Journal Tribune in Biddeford from 1993 to 2002, and as an intern with the Miami Herald in 1992.
During his years with the Portland Press Herald Shawn has traveled to Iraq to document the work of the Maine Army National Guard, photographed the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, and was the lead photographer on a year-long project chronicling the challenges of aging in Maine. This project earned the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram the prestigious Scripps Howard Award for Community Journalism, as well as Regional Emmy Award for one of the videos that documented a family’s journey with Hospice.
He and his colleagues have recently focused their attention on the Coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. As a native Mainer, whose family has been in Maine for seven generations, he feels fortunate for the opportunity to help tell the stories of Maine for the past 28 years and looks forward to many more.
Shawn lives in Saco with his wife Amy, who is a fifth-grade teacher, and has two grown daughters.
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Maine high school basketball sidelines react to tournament action, drama
Teammates and staff support one another at Portland Expo, Augusta Civic Center and Cross Insurance Center in Bangor during vacation week tournaments.
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See our photos from Maine high school basketball games Friday
Boys and girls played in regional championships in Augusta, Bangor and Portland.
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In photos: See the action from Friday’s high school postseason games
Take a look at some of our favorite images from the basketball Class B state championships and hockey Class A quarterfinals.
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In photos: See the action from Saturday’s high school postseason games
Take a look at some of our favorite images from Saturday’s girls’ and boys’ basketball regional finals.
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In photos: See the action from Friday’s high school postseason games
Take a look at some of our favorite images from the girls’ and boys’ basketball regional finals.
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In photos: See the action from Thursday’s high school postseason games
Take a look at some of our favorite images from the girls’ and boys’ basketball regional semifinals.
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In photos: Willard Beach’s fishing shacks
Take a look at the three historic fishing shacks that stood for over a century on Fisherman’s Point at Willard Beach and were washed away in Saturday’s storm.
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One of Us: His birdhouses have golf ball eyes and bottle cap ears
Claude ‘Frenchy’ Ouellet makes birdhouses for fun, with what’s lying around. “Whatever I got, that’s what I use,” he says.
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In photos: Spring is in the air
For gardeners, it’s tilling the ground anew. For beachgoers, it’s the first bracing dip of the year. For anglers, it’s the first bite from a striper along Maine’s warming coast. And for the Press Herald’s photographers, it’s a little of everything as they capture spring across southern Maine.