ROCKLAND — The Penobscot Marine Museum, in collaboration with the Rockland Historical Society and the Rockland Public Library, will present an illustrated talk titled “Jim Moore: Midcoast Correspondent,” Thursday, July 18, at 6:30 p.m. This event is free and open to all.

The presentation will explore Moore’s photojournalism chronicling civic, cultural, and commercial life in Midcoast Maine. This event is presented in conjunction with the “Jim Moore: Midcoast Correspondent” exhibit from the Penobscot Marine Museum in the Picker Room Gallery at Camden Public Library.

As a child, Jim Moore had the opportunity to visit a noted news photographer’s darkroom, which sparked a lifelong interest in cameras and photography. In 1940, Jim and his wife, Cecile, moved to Rockland, where Jim became Correspondent Reporter/Photographer for the Portland Press Herald’s Rockland office, and represented other Gannett Publishing papers in Maine. During his career, he distinguished himself as a photojournalist, receiving local and national awards for his work. He worked with fellow Midcoast photographers Kosti Ruohomaa and Carroll Thayer Berry to publish Maine Coastal Portrait in 1959. Moore died in 2001. 

The Penobscot Marine Museum was able to acquire nearly 2000 of his large format negatives in 2022; these images are predominantly maritime-themed. The lion’s share of his archive resides at the Rockland Historical Society. The two institutions have joined forces to create this exhibit of Moore’s maritime photographs. The show was guest-curated by Maine wooden boat expert Maynard Bray.

This event will take place in the library’s Community Room and will be livestreamed via Zoom; the Rockland Public Library is located at 80 Union Street.

For more information or for Zoom links, please email elewis@rocklandmaine.gov by 4 p.m. on July 18.