Jean Stimmell is a member of the NH Art Association and the NH Society of Photographic Artists. He has a lifelong addiction to photography, building his first darkroom at 13 in his parent's basement. After a sabbatical on the rivers of Vietnam, he finished college and embarked on a 20-year career as a stonemason and activist, doing freelance writing and photography on the side. Then, after getting a graduate degree from Antioch University, he ventured into a new profession as a psychotherapist, a trade from which he recently retired. He has for years been a frequent contributor to the Concord Monitor and writes at jstim.substack.com