AMERICAN
WILDERNESS
EXPERIENCE

Bio

My name is Robert Cusimano. I am a photographer, conservationist and wilderness traveler. 

As a mental health professional I worked for over a decade with marginalized populations in both community and wilderness settings. I have also backpacked and paddled extensively throughout North America.

Since the pandemic, I have worked to protect the wilderness through conservation projects across Maine and  New England. 

This Project

"The American Wilderness Experience" (A.W.E.) began in 2021 as I documented the efforts of volunteers and trail crews working together to protect the Appalachian Trail in Maine. 

The mission of the Appalachian Trail is twofold, to protect some of the last wild places in North America as well as to develop an infrastructure that allows us to travel freely through the wilderness.