Carol M. Highsmith

One of maine's most-visited, and most-photographed, sites: the portland head light, completed in 1791

Carol Highsmith has donated her life's photography work of tens of thousands of images to the Library of Congress during her decades-long career.  The photography collection at the Library is the most historic photographic collection on earth and includes the work of Dorothea Lange and Frances Benjamin Johnston.  Highsmith has been doing a visual study of America for 40 years and travels the United States for about 10 months a year.

Maine

The Wedding Cake House, Kennebunk, Maine

Mount Katahdin, Appalachian Trail, Maine

Pemaquid Point Light, Bristol, Maine

October 2017 aerial view of Portland, Maine

Aerial view of Portland Head Light on Cape Elizabeth, Maine

An October 2017 aerial view of homes near Bald Head Village, Maine

Display at Old Fort Western, Augusta, Maine

Life-sized blue moose in a yard in Union, Maine

Old gas pump, Boothbay Harbor, Maine

Pumpkin decorated as “Miss Piggy,” Damariscotta, Maine

A rendition of the scary clown Pennywise, Damariscotta, Maine

A carving of a 707-pound pumpkin, Damariscotta, Maine

Harbor in Newcastle, Maine

Fall scene along the Stillwater River in Orono, Maine

Home of author Stephen King, Bangor, Maine

A farm scene near Denmark, Maine

Scarecrow with gun, near Porterfield, Maine

The Limington Rapids on the rocky Saco River, near Limington, Maine

Scene at a hay farm near West Buxton, Maine

Two dogs on top of refurbished barrels, Buxton, Maine

The oft-photographed Nubble lobster shack, or lobster "pound" on Bailey Island, Maine

Memorial to lost fishermen at land's end on Bailey Island, Maine

Old lobster shack detail, Cape Neddick, Maine

Old lobster shack, Cape Neddick, Maine

Welcome sign, Kennebunkport, Maine

The Boathouse Waterfront Hotel on the Kennebunkport, Maine

St. Peter's by the Sea Episcopal Church in Cape Neddick, Maine

The Cape Neddick lighthouse, York, Maine

Two mailboats, Portland, Maine

The Porthole Fountain sign, Portland, Maine

Re-enactor Tom Kelleher lectures at annual Victoria Fair, Portland, Maine

Scene at the busy harbor on Casco Bay in Portland, Maine

Portland Head Light on Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Sign for “The Pie Lady,” Monson, Maine

Riverbank Antiques barn, Wells, Maine

The Cape Neddick Light, York, Maine

Ruth and Wimpy's Lobster stand in Hancock, Maine

A Jamesway dairy barn at Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm, Wells, Maine

Portland Breakwater, South Portland, Maine

Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Maine