More about our Writers & Photographers
Marialisa Calta
Sky Barsch
Brian Mohr
Richard Duval
Barn, Baby, Barn (page 34)
In the digital age, Richard Duval still prefers to take photographs the "old fashioned" way — on slides. So he found a kindred connection with the The Barn People, a company owned by Ken Epworth that restores and refurbishes old barns. "I like film, I think in the same way that you don't see Ken and his team use the pre-fab stuff," Duval says. "They've found their way to do it and a way they like."
A Seattle-based photographer, musician and writer, Duval said he was "knocked out" by the craftsmanship and artistry that The Barn People showed as they turned something neglected into something stunning. The assignment was his first trip to Vermont as an adult, and as a professional photographer. When cautioned that the pay might not be what he is used to getting in the Seattle market, Duval didn't care. "I'm a photographer," he said. "Vermont in the fall? A book of McDonald's gift certificates would do it!"
His book, "SternWords and BowLines," is available through his website, www.duvalimages.com.
Stacey Chase
Swooning for Vermont (page 52)
When Stacey Chase pitched a story about Vermont's growing status in the destination weddings business, she was unabashedly single. Well, that's changed. In September, she and her fiancé are getting married in a country church off the Robert Frost Highway. A former Vermonter, Chase lives in Portland, Maine, and is an associate editor at The Café Review, a quarterly poetry and art journal. A contributor to Vermont Life since 1997, her work has appeared in many other publications including The Boston Globe Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, Newsweek, and Poets & Writers.
Leif Tillotson
Earl's Barn (page 64)
Leif Tillotson thought the call alerting him that he had won the Ralph Nading Hill Literary Prize was an error. "Being called with the news was a complete shock," says Tillotson, who lives in Enosburg Falls. "But when I called back, they made it very clear that I really had won. My mom cried when I told her." An auto parts sales man and auto racing photographer, Tillotson grew up in Bakersfield where there were more cows than people, and more people in his dorm room at New York University than in his hometown. He says he is "thankful and honored that my story means something to the people who read it."
Nancy Humphrey Case
The Art of the Possible (page 16).
Nancy Humphrey Case and her family lived in Northern California for a period, until she began reading this magazine. "A one-year subscription to Vermont Life led us back home," she says. Born and raised in rural Connecticut, Case now lives in Hyde Park near the home of the River Arts organization she writes about in this issue's Community Destination department. "I loved learning about the restoration of the historic People's Academy schoolhouse," Case says, "because my husband and I are on our second farmhouse restoration." Her work has appeared in numerous magazines, including personal essays in The Christian Science Monitor.
Other writers and photographers in this issue:
Sky Barsch is a freelance writer and multimedia producer living in the Northeast Kingdom; www.skybarsch.com.
Daria Bishop lives in Williston and specializes in commercial photography; www.dariabishop.com.
Marialisa Calta lives in Calais and is a nationally syndicated food columnist and cookbook author; www.marialisacalta.com.
Todd Cantwell is a landscape and nature photographer who now lives in Shillington, Penn.
Susan Green is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to Seven Days, Vermont's arts and lifestyle newspaper.
Michelle Edelbaum is a web journalist at Eating Well magazine. She lives in Charlotte.
Stefan Hard is a photographer and reporter at the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus.
Paul Hersey is a landscape photographer from Bennington.
Caleb Kenna lives in Brandon but takes photographs around the world; www.calebkenna.com.
Jean Carlson Masseau of Hinesburg's paintings, drawings and photographs are inspired by the Vermont landscape.
Brian Mohr is an outdoor adventure photographer who lives in Moretown; www.emberphoto.com. His work is being featured in the Governor's Office.
Orah Moore is a frequent contributor to Vermont Life and owner of Haymaker Card and Gift in Morrisville, where she sells greeting cards, journals, posters and original framed photos of her work; www.haymakerpress.com.
Dave Kutchukian is a photographer and longtime contributor to Vermont Life.
Peter Miller is a long time contributor to Vermont Life who specializes in black and white photography.
Joanne Pearson of Fair Haven Photographs lives in Southborough, Mass.
Michael Piniewski is a photographer who specializes in outdoor adventure photography; www.frosthollowphoto.com
Alden Pellett lives in Hinesburg and has been shooting for Vermont Life for over 15 years; www.vermontphotographer.com.
Tom Slayton was the editor of Vermont Life for over 20 years and now serves as Editor Emeritus.
Natalie Stultz is a native Vermonter who lives in South Burlington and has been taking photographs for Vermont Life for over 10 years; www.nataliestultz.com.
Jeb Wallace-Brodeur is chief photographer at the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus.
Jim Westphalen is a photographer who specializes in New England architecture, home interiors and fashion; http://jimwestphalen.com.
