Like many photographers, Marc Gagnon began his career photographing at proms, weddings, did portraits, events, and school sports. He attributes his beginnings to an artist he almost married by the name of Amanda Dobbs. She visited from England back in 1981. Gagnon picked up his first camera while on trips with Amanda visiting the New England region. The photography in this part of the website is from roughly from 1981 to 1984. Most of the people photographed were from the Nashua, NH region. Gagnon cousin, Norman Loranger, a wedding photographer, is credited with his early mentoring.