Robbie McClaran, Ken Hochfeld, and Pat Welle at LightBox Photographic Gallery

April 9 – May 11, 2022
Opening: Saturday, April 9, 12 – 7pm

LightBox Photographic Gallery
1045 Marine Dr.
Astoria, OR 97103
(503) 468-0238
lightbox-photographic.com

LightBox Photographic Gallery opens four exhibits featuring the Columbia River as their subject on Saturday, April 9, 2022. In the downstairs gallery, Robbie McClaran exhibits “The Great River of the West”. Beginning in 2013, and working with an antique eight-by-ten large format camera, Robbie McClaran photographed along the entire 1250-mile length of the Columbia River, from its source in British Columbia to its confluence with the Pacific Ocean. “The Great River of the West”, explores the River’s current cultural and economic landscape as well as environmental alterations. The prints in the exhibit are all silver gelatin contact prints, handprinted from the original negatives. This project has been supported by grants from the Oregon Arts Commission, the Ford Family Foundation and the Regional Arts and Culture Council.

Upstairs in the gallery Ken Hochfeld opens two exhibits with the Columbia River as their subject. “Pages: The Majestic Columbia River”, celebrates the majesty of the Columbia River with photographs that recognize its significance while remembering it as an existential heritage of those who were here long before the first settlers arrived. In “Small Communities of the Lower Columbia River” Ken begins to examine the places and the people who live there. The communities of the Lower Columbia on the Oregon side along Highway 30 and on the Washington side near Highway 4 west of Longview, are photographed for there character and history.

Additionally, downstairs in the gallery, photographer and retired scientist Pat Welle explores native habitats of the Columbia River Estuary that runs 146 miles from Bonneville Dam east to the Pacific Ocean. It is a critical, final reach for migrating Pacific Salmon – and undammed and tidally-influenced stretch where salmon feed, grow, and adapt to a salt-water environment. There is a rich history here and human influences have significantly reduced salmon habitats. This image collection explores these complex estuary habitats, and the people and projects working to restore them.

LightBox opens these shows on Saturday, April 9th with extended hours from Noon-7pm. Complete show info is on the LightBox website at http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/. Contact LightBox at 503-468-0238 or info@lightbox-photographic.com. LightBox is located at 1045 Marine Drive in Astoria. Gallery viewing hours are Wed, Thurs, Fri and Sat., 12pm – 5pm or by appointment.

http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/robbie_mcclaran_-_the_great_river_of_the_west
http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/ken_hochfeld_pages_the_majestic_columbia_river
http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/ken_hochfeld_small_communities_of_the_lower_columbia_river
http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/pat_welle_there_and_back_again