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  • Appalachian Mountain Club Photo Contest 2022 – Winner Two Years in a Row!

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    by Garrick Hoffman on 07/05/2022

    Earlier this year, I was fortunate to receive First Place in the “Outdoors Close to Home” category of the 2022 Appalachian Mountain Club Photo Contest for my photo, “Coastal Mood.” Last year, I won Third Place in the Outdoor Adventure category in the AMC’s 2021 Photo Contest for my photo,…

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  • Intriguing Individuals Podcast – Ep. #1 – Mariah Larocque

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    by Garrick Hoffman on 12/16/2021

    Mariah Larocque is an actor, screenwriter, activist, survivor, and she is currently Miss Maine 2021. Mariah starred in her first feature-length film, “Dole Mates,” in 2021, in a lead role with Blake Wright, her co-star and boyfriend. Directed and written by Maine-based filmmaker and University of Southern Maine screenwriting instructor…

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  • Prints for a Purpose – Three Maine-based Prints to Benefit the South Portland Skatepark!

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    by Garrick Hoffman on 08/19/2021

    Help me raise money for the upcoming South Portland Skate Park!

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  • The BIKEMAINE Diaries, Pt. II – Boothbay & Southport

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    by Garrick Hoffman on 07/09/2021

    “Boothbay – Extended Tour” Distance: 32-33 miles Elev. Gain: +2,407 ft. Source: The Bicycle Coalition of Maine This route will take you from the heart of Boothbay to Southport, down to Cape Newagen, past Hendrick’s Head Lighthouse, up to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, and back! (There’s even an aquarium,…

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  • THE BICENTENNIAL THAT NEVER WAS | A Conversation With Dan Bookham

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    by Garrick Hoffman on 06/11/2021

    Dan Bookham is the lead organizer for the Maine Bicentennial events in Rockland, Maine. On February 8, 2021, Dan spoke with me by Rockland Harbor to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic affected these Bicentennial events, as well as his role in organizing them and his background as a Mainer. We…

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  • Reflections on My First Photo Contest Victory!

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    by Garrick Hoffman on 05/26/2021

    Back in March, I received some news that got me real giddy: I won third place in one of the categories of the 2021 Appalachian Mountain Club Photo Contest! Specifically, the Outdoor Adventure category. There were four: Lands, Waters, and Wildlife; Outdoors Close to Home; Conservation Award; and Outdoor Adventure….

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  • The BIKEMAINE Diaries, Part I: Bath, Phippsburg, & Doubling Point Light

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    by Garrick Hoffman on 05/21/2021

    This year, I resolved to explore the Maine coast as much as possible. Even though I grew up near the Maine coast, in the towns of Cumberland and North Yarmouth, I recently began to realize I’ve ironically never spent a substantial amount of time there. In my early-to-mid 20s, when…

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  • First Portraits With an Off-Camera Flash

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    by Garrick Hoffman on 05/13/2021

    Background Even though I’ve been doing photography for a few years now, I’d never invested in an off-camera flash until recently. In fact, I never even knew what they were until I took a photojournalism class at the University of Southern Maine in 2019. My instructor, Fred Field, hired me…

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  • THE BICENTENNIAL THAT NEVER WAS | A Conversation With Heather Perry, Superintendent of Gorham, Maine Schools

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    by Garrick Hoffman on 05/04/2021

    Heather Perry is the superintendent of Gorham, Maine schools, as well as the chair of the education committee for the Maine200 Bicentennial Commission. On March 2, 2021, Ms. Perry sat down with me at the Gorham municipal offices to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic affected both Gorham schools and the…

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  • THE BICENTENNIAL THAT NEVER WAS | A Conversation With Maine Senator Bill Diamond

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    by Garrick Hoffman on 05/03/2021

    In March of 2020, as the state of Maine was just days away from celebrating “Statehood Weekend” – its 200th year of statehood and independence from Massachusetts – the coronavirus pandemic struck and shuttered virtually everything, including statewide events to commemorate the bicentennial. Consequently, the people of Maine – and…

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  • My Top 5 U.S. National Parks (Thus Far), Ranked

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    by Garrick Hoffman on 04/22/2021

    Today is Earth Day, and it’s also National Park Week! Consequently, I thought I’d make a list of some of my favorite U.S. national parks that I’ve visited so far. Let me start this post with a confession: I actually haven’t been to many national parks. At least, not in…

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  • Travel Throwbacks: Epic Longboard Wipeout in Hawaii

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    by Garrick Hoffman on 04/01/2021

    In January 2013, I hopped on a plane in Boston Logan airport for a destination 5,000 miles away from home. At 23, it was my first time flying. My friend Jon and his then-girlfriend Brooke had gone out to Hawaii in 2012 to work and live on a farm on…

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  • Filmmaking in the COVID-19 Era

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    by Garrick Hoffman on 03/24/2021

    Throughout 2020, I was privileged to be on the set of a few local, indie films – some shorts and one feature-length, including one of my own that I made in collaboration with some friends from school. My role has chiefly been a behind-the-scenes photographer, but I’ve also done some…

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Garrick Hoffman is a photographer, blogger/writer, musician, and outdoorsman. He is currently working as a freelancer and living in Southern Maine.

Garrick graduated from the University of Southern Maine magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s in Media Studies. Garrick has been doing freelance photography for Mainely Media newspapers since May 2017, also serving as a contributing writer.

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