About Neal Parent | Neal Parent Photography

A professional photographer for over 40 years, Neal Parent started his career as a photojournalist for a small mid-coast Maine newspaper. Although his primary subject has been the coast of Maine – its waters, landscapes, boats and people; in recent years, his work has expanded to include Scotland, Wales, Italy, Ireland, France, China, California, Florida, Wyoming, and Montana.

Neal’s work can be seen at Parent Fine Art in Belfast, Maine.

PARENT FINE ART GALLERY

Neal’s images are available as limited edition fine art prints directly from him at Parent Fine Art gallery in Belfast Maine, which opened in 2001. Formerly known as Parent Gallery, the gallery has, over the years, expanded to include a variety other local artists, including his daughter Joanne Parent.

A selection of his work, both color and black-and-white, is represented here on NealParent.com. Be sure to check out his Facebook page, where Neal posts many of his fine images.

Neal getting the shot PUBLICATIONS

Five books have been published with collections of his work: “My Corner of Maine“, “Neal Parent’s Maine“, published by Downeast Books, “Focused on the Coast“, published by Wooden Boat Books, as well as “Neal Parent Photography Workshops” and “Sailing the Coast”, both self-published by Neal. His photos have appeared in several magazines, including National Fisherman, Pacific Fisherman, and Downeast. In addition, his images were selected to appear in Nathalie Ward’s “Stellwagen Bank“, “Adventure” by Joseph E. Garland with Captain Jim Sharp, and “From Cape Cod to the Bay of Fundy“, edited by Philip W. Conkling.

EXHIBITIONS

Neal has exhibited his work in several galleries and at juried fine art shows from Maine to Florida and has won countless awards and ribbons from some of the most prestigious art shows on the East Coast. His images hang in private and corporate collections, and were exhibited at a one-man show on Madison Avenue in New York at a major public relations firm. Currently his work is exhibited at Parent Fine Art in Belfast Maine. Ansel Adams once wrote Neal and said that “Maine was a hard place to capture”, and that “Neal had done a fine interpretation of the Maine scene.”