KEVIN SOUCY

Photo by Jennifer Sweeney

Jennifer Sweeney and Kevin Soucy are shooting a roll of photographs every week. It's not just to document the growth of their daughter Evangeline, born this summer. It is a creative process for the former Maine College of Art students. "Also, I never know what she looks like when she's over my shoulder all the time," said Soucy.

The photo above was taken as the new parents were getting ready to visit relatives. "It takes about an extra hour to get out of the house now," says Sweeney. New pictures get displayed on the counter of Oishii, Soucy's sushi restaurant located in the Portland Public Market. The very first photo on display was Sweeney's ultrasound.

Soucy left art school to pursue work in the restaurant industry, starting at Anthony's Italian Restaurant. Anthony's now has a restaurant right around the corner from Oishii in the market where Anthony's son Mark Barrasso also proudly diplays photos of his newborn daughter.

Diners who frequent the market are watching the girls grow up through photos.

After working for other restaurants, Soucy began his own where his artistic talents appear not only in the California rolls and ramen, but in the graphic elements for the logo and the menu.

So why sushi? "Why not? It's healthy, quick and part of my heritage."

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