Ben McCanna

Press Herald

Ben McCanna has been a staff photographer and occasional writer at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2015 and has been working for newspapers since 2010. Ben studied creative writing and literature at Emerson College and embarked on a decade-long career in publishing after graduating in 1997. In his mid 30s, Ben shifted careers by taking a job as a reporter at a small newspaper in northwest Colorado and never looked back. Over the years, he slowly transitioned from writer to photographer - his true passion. Ben is a 2018 winner of an Award of Excellence from Pictures of the Year International. He lives on Peaks Island with his wife, a nurse practitioner, and two sons.

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Published
June 20, 2023

In photos: See the action from Tuesday’s high school baseball and softball state championships

Check out some of our favorite images from Tuesday’s high school Class A, C and D baseball and softball state championships.
Published
June 16, 2023

In photos: See the action from some of Friday’s high school lacrosse state championships

Check out some of our favorite images from Friday’s high school Class B lacrosse state championships.
Published
June 14, 2023

In photos: See the action from some of Wednesday’s high school playoff games

Check out some of our favorite images from Wednesday’s high school baseball and softball playoff games.
Published
June 9, 2023

In photos: See the action from some of Friday’s high school playoff games

Check out some of our favorite images from Friday’s high school baseball and softball playoff games.
Published
March 7, 2023

In photos: See the action from Tuesday’s high school postseason games

Check out some of our favorite images from Tuesday’s high school basketball tournaments.
Published
March 6, 2023

In photos: See the action from Monday’s high school postseason games

Check out some of our favorite images from Monday’s high school basketball tournaments.
Published
March 5, 2022

In photos: See the action from Saturday’s high school basketball championships

The Skowhegan High girls went undefeated, the Nokomis boys and 6-foot-7 freshman Cooper Flagg showed us why they’ve been the top story in Maine sports all season, and the South Portland boys team won its first state title in 30 years. Here are some of our favorite photos from the final day of Maine’s high school basketball tournament.
Published
July 12, 2021

In photos: Maine summer in full swing

It begins unofficially after Memorial Day, with flowers in full bloom in June and ever-lengthening hours of sunshine. July brings the heat, warmer ocean water in the southern part of the state – and the tourists. It begins to slip through our fingers in August, all too soon. Summer in Maine.
Published
May 3, 2021

In photos: Scenes of April give way to flowers of May

Our photographers capture the dreary and the glorious of April before it finally yields to the sunshine of true spring.
Published
March 15, 2021

In photos: Let there be light

Daylight saving time started again on Sunday, leading to dreams of those long summer nights in Maine, when the sun doesn’t set until after 8 p.m. There’s a bipartisan bill in Congress now, called the Sunshine Protection Act of 2021, sponsored by politicians as different as U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., that would make DST permanent. If it passes, we would not switch our clocks back in the fall. Meanwhile, Press Herald photographers took advantage of our lengthening days to look for beautiful light.