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Northshore October 2025
Retired commercial photographer and Marblehead resident Rick Ashley's studio in the Masonic Temple's basement resembles a mishmash between a tidy creative space for him and a shrine to his brother-in-law, Michael Boulier, 51, who has Down syndrome. In one portrait, a sophisticated Boulier, puffing a wooden tobacco pipe, sports a tweed jacket, beret and black turtleneck. Another depicts him smoking a cigarette as it dangles between his lips – James Dean style. In one corner, Boulier’s fingers fan out across his face the way authors do for book covers. One portrait “Michael #145973,” capturing Boulier clad in a Sup
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