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Note: Additional options are below.
This calendar contains images of Chatham on Cape Cod by artist photographers, Dennis Weeks and Julia Cumes
About the calendar format
The basic format remains unchanged - single sheets printed on one side, a center hole punched at the top for hanging
Classic - 14 sheets with a center-hole punched for hanging.
Wire bound - 14 sheets with a center-hole punched for hanging, “wire-o” binding
Frameable - 14 sheets, no center hole punched, no wire binding
We are offering these delicate images on archival coated card stock for maximum image quality; we are going to refer to it by a more common commercial name -
Premium matte - the specs on this grade of matte are about 200 gsm card stock, coated for inkjet, vivid image quality.
More Options
note card set featuring this year’s images
framed print of any of this year’s images
large type
Also, you can purchase note cards for any of our more than 1,000 images by great artists from wonderful places.
And, you can purchase frameable prints of these images as well.
All images are copyright, Dennis Weeks - Julia Cumes, respectively
A unique calendar of photographs engaging with the world as seen by photographer Julia Cumes.
This 2026 calendar includes a selection of some of the photographer's favorite photos and the stories behind them and includes images from her recent visit to Namidia. Some of these stories are quite complex and sensitive, so we urge you to visit Julia’s website for more complete accounts and additional images.
In 2024 Julia was named “Artist of the Year” by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.
About paper
This calendar is printed on card stock coated for high quality inkjet printing, sometimes known as “giclee”. This is card stock that has been coated with a matte finish to optimize print quality from a wide format inkjet printer. The paper we use is 230 gsm, roughly equivalent to 80 pound cover.
All images and text are copyright, Julia Cumes
This calendar contains images of Brewster on Cape Cod by artist photographers, Janice Riley, Dennis Weeks and Julia Cumes. This year we are featuring stunning images of the alewife migrations by Janice Riley.
About the calendar format
The basic format remains unchanged - single sheets printed on one side, a center hole punched at the top for hanging and now a wire binding added for stability.
We are offering these delicate images on archival coated card stock for maximum image quality.
Note: Binding is NOT available for the 18×24 format.
More Options
note card set featuring this year’s images
large type
Also, you can purchase note cards for any of our more than 1,000 images by great artists from wonderful places.
And, you can purchase frameable prints of these images as well.
All images are copyright, Janice Riley, Dennis Weeks, Julia Cumes
Note Cards
You can order a set of a dozen 4x6 or 5×7 note cards for the twelve images in the 2027 My Cape Cod Calendar.
These note cards are printed on coated card stock for the highest print quality on a non-rag paper - Premium Matte. This is card stock that has been coated with a matte finish to optimize print quality from a wide format inkjet printer. The paper we use is 230 gsm, roughly equivalent to 80 pound cover.
This is a special price for the 12-image set.
~Robert
All images are copyright, Julia Cumes
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope. The card is blank inside and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose coated card stock or rag paper.
Image copyright Julia Cumes
Nature often reveals itself unexpectedly. Walking with my dogs on a Brewster beach after a rainstorm, I spotted a young boy standing on one of the last chunks of ice from winter. Bathed in light, he looked like a small figure on a pulpit. It was a simple yet striking moment, a reminder of the beauty that surrounds us, sometimes in the most unanticipated moments.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope. The card is blank inside and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose coated card stock or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope. The card is blank inside and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose coated card stock or rag paper.
Image copyright Julia Cumes
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope, and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose premium matte (aka coated card stock) or rag paper.
You can order a set of a dozen 4x6 or 5×7 note cards for the twelve images in the 2027 Chatham Calendar.
These note cards are printed on coated card stock for the highest print quality on a non-rag paper - Premium Matte. This is card stock that has been coated with a matte finish to optimize print quality from a wide format inkjet printer. The paper we use is 230 gsm, roughly equivalent to 80 pound cover.
This is a special price for the 12-image set.
~Robert
All images are copyright, Julia Cumes/Dennis Weeks
a set of 8 of Julia’s favorite Cape Cod note cards
“Super Moon”
“Fading Traces”
“Long Point Lighthouse”
“Sunset at Blackfish Creek”
“Where Light Meets Tide”
“Gathering Sky”
“Fishing the Fire Sky”
“Bog and Berries”
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope. The card is blank inside and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose coated card stock or rag paper.
a set of 8 of Julia’s favorite Cape Cod note cards
“Summer Sail”
“Drifting through Blue”
“Moonrise Wellfleet”
“Rock Harbor Ice”
“Chatham Tides”
“Brewster Blue”
“Quiet Crossing”
“After the Storm”
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope. The card is blank inside and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose coated card stock or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope. The card is blank inside and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose coated card stock or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope. The card is blank inside and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose coated card stock or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope. The card is blank inside and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose coated card stock or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope. The card is blank inside and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose coated card stock or rag paper.
Note cards are printed personally in Robert Manz Studio, folded, inserted in a clear plastic sleeve, along with a quality cream-colored envelope. The card is blank inside and has the location information printed on the back.
The sizes available are 4”x6” and 5”x7” folded.
You can choose coated card stock or rag paper.
Image copyright Julia Cumes
All of Julia Cumes’ note cards can be found at this link.
Personal Statement by Julia Cumes concerning her work and her purpose:
As a photographer, I am passionate about storytelling and capturing real moments of human connection as well as expressive portraits. Having grown up in Apartheid-era South Africa under a repressive and racially discriminatory regime, I understood early on the power of photography to reveal truth, evoke empathy and catalyze change. Perhaps because of this, I believe in using photography as a tool for engaging in dialog about the complex issues facing our society today, including climate change, gender inequality, and more. My favorite projects have been focused on women and the struggles they face around the world as well as wildlife conservation and I've worked on stories with these themes both locally and internationally.
Over the course of my career, I've photographed for a wide range of magazines, newspapers, humanitarian and wildlife rescue organizations, businesses and private clients. I've found myself witnessing and capturing the aftermath of some of our most dramatic natural disasters including Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 Tsunami, multiple wildfires in California, the dramatic floods of Kentucky, Cape Town's water crisis and more. My work has appeared in publications such as the Boston Globe and New York Times and as well as a variety of other national and regional publications. Among my awards, I've received a Cape Cod Arts foundation Fellowship, an Art Within Reach grant and an Alexia Foundation student grant and my work has been exhibited locally and nationally.
While I completed a B.A. at Brandeis University, an M.F.A. in writing at Cornell University, a Masters in Photojournalism at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, most of what I've learned has been from being out in the field, listening to the stories of people I've been lucky enough to meet and photograph. I particularly loved my time teaching photography to teenagers in Rwanda and tribal Samburu Women at the On'gan Women's Cooperative in Kenya as well as photography workshops in Cuba and Greece.
As a photographer, I’ve had the opportunity to travel widely and explore many cultures and communities through my work. Having this unique and privileged access to other lives and cultures, I try to always be respectful in my approach, capturing a sense of place and moment and conveying the humanity of the people I’m photographing. I strive to present viewers with a version of the world they may not otherwise get to see and engage them in a dialog about this extraordinary, beautiful and complex world we live in.
Note: Additional options are below.
Julia Cumes shares some of her favorite images of Cape Cod. Our favorite is “Super Moon”. What is yours?
About the calendar format
The basic format remains unchanged - single sheets printed on one side, a center hole punched at the top for hanging
Classic - 14 sheets with a center-hole punched for hanging.
Wire bound - 14 sheets with a center-hole punched for hanging, “wire-o” binding
Frameable - 14 sheets, no center hole punched, no wire binding
We are offering these delicate images on archival coated card stock for maximum image quality; we are going to refer to it by a more common commercial name -
Premium matte - the specs on this grade of matte are about 200 gsm card stock, coated for inkjet, vivid image quality.
More Options
note card set featuring this year’s images
framed print of any of this year’s images
large type
Also, you can purchase note cards for any of our more than 1,000 images by great artists from wonderful places.
And, you can purchase frameable prints of these images as well.
All images are copyright, Julia Cumes