Nancy Jacob is a photographer and artist. Jacob lives in Hallowell,

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

. She has been photographing and painting the wildlands of Maine since at least 1982, when her work was exhibited in the

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. Her photography often features ''dri-ki'' - a Maine regionalism meaning "dead timber, dry branches, driftwood", or land containing such. Of these scenes, Jacob says:

"Logging companies own two-thirds of Maine. Logging pioneered this look. Regardless of how we use our earth, regardless of how we see our environment, we find what we need from the Creator. All is not lost if it evokes our dreaming. I have spent much time in these haunts in daydreaming visits. I have taken these photos soundly in the belief that the beauty and power of nature is not lost through seeming devastation. It is beautiful."

Her photographs are often displayed as large (40in x 40in)

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prints. Of this process, she remarks "I am a witchdoctor who dispenses art as a cure.” She had a sister who died of

leukemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ' ...

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