Les grew up in a poor but happy family, the youngest of 7, up in Aroostook County.  He was given a 35mm camera for his highschool graduation and taught himself to take pictures, trying to capture the beauty that was all around him that maybe folks were too busy to notice.  When he was 19, he hitchhiked to Bar Harbor as he had heard that MDI was a beautiful place.  And he was not disappointed when he discovered it was a mystical place and an aspiring photographer's dream.  By and by he got a job as sternman for Gary Parsons which he continued for a dozen years, but not without giving up on his dream of being a photographer.   Now he is again taking pictures and hopes that one day his photography will be discovered.