Great Falls Forum with Russ Dillingham
The 2025-2026 season of the Great Falls Forum kicks off Thursday, September 18th, featuring photographer Russ Dillingham with a talk entitled “Worth a Thousand Words: My Career in Photography.” This free, public program will take place from 12 noon to 1 PM in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library.
A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily Sun and Evening Journal and his grandfather, who Russ is named after, was a staff photographer before becoming publisher. Russ planned to move to a big city to live and work until a light came on while he was in the darkroom. During summer breaks he worked in the press and composing rooms at the Sun Journal and between his junior and senior year landed a job as a darkroom technician in the photography department where he developed an interest in taking photos. He immediately demonstrated a creative eye and a knack for being in the right place at the right time. When the Sun Journal launched a Sunday edition, he was offered a job that began his 43 year career. He lives in Lewiston, where he and his wife raised three boys. His innate curiosity and love of new technology has kept his passion burning. From using 360-degree cameras to becoming a licensed drone pilot he is always eager to try something new. After three decades of doing the same job he still is excited to come to work every day and is always seeking new challenges and adventures.
Admission is free to all Forum events and reservations are only required if attending via Zoom.
Click here to register for the Zoom event: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M-ioIe7RSa207pWlAE1sUw
This program is a bring-your-own, brown-bag lunch event. Coffee, tea and bottled water will be available on site at the library.
The Great Falls Forum speaker series is co-sponsored by Bates College, Lewiston Public Library, and the Sun Journal. The Lewiston Public Library is located downtown at 200 Lisbon Street at the corner of Pine Street. More information on Thursday’s lecture is available by contacting the Lewiston Public Library at 513-3135 or LPLReference@lewistonmaine.gov.
