Luke Olsen Photography

Angst Gallery Call For Submissions
2018-12-22 14:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Angst Gallery, 1015 Main Street, Vancouver, OR, 98660, United States
Angst Gallery Seeks Work for its Annual Celebration of the Male Form
You can submit your art on Saturday, December 22 from 2-6 pm or Wednesday, January 2 from 11am-2pm.
Annual Celebration of the Male Form January 4-26, 2019
First Friday Art Walk Opening Reception: January 4, 5-9pm
Show: January 4-26, 2019
Angst Gallery
1015 Main Street
Vancouver, WA 98660
angstgallery.com
Open call to artists for entries into Angst Gallery’s annual Celebration of the Male Form (January 4-26, 2019).
Art museums around the world are filled with images and representations of the human figure. Some of the Western world’s most famous and compelling works depict people, both clothed and unclothed. It usually goes unnoticed that the art has a disproportionate amount of female figures compared to male ones, especially nude forms.
Angst Gallery showcases the male form at the beginning of each year in order to bring more balance to the equation. We see this as an opportunity to appreciate the male body for what it is–natural, beautiful, and worthy of aesthetic examination–while also acknowledging the gender imbalance in the art world, both behind the scenes as well as in the work being displayed in museums and galleries. The show will include depictions of the male form in various media.
Submit up to three pieces for a sliding scale submission fee of $10-20.
You can submit your art on Saturday, December 22 from 2-6 pm or Wednesday, January 2 from 11am-2pm.
If neither of these times work, please contact Leah Jackson (Leah.AngstGallery@gmail.com) to make other arrangements.
Art that is not accepted for the show can be picked up on January 3 between 12 and 4.
Unsold artwork that appeared in the show can be picked up from noon til 5 on Saturday, January 26.

Ryan Gillespie at the Portland Art Museum
2018-12-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Ryan Gillespie, Sharing views from his ground glass
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’sBrown Bag Lunch Talk Series
Wednesday, December 19th, 2018, Noon – 1pm
Portland Art MuseumThe Miller Gallery, Mark Building1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205www.portlandartmuseum.org503 226 2811Cost: Free to the public (people are welcome to bring their lunch).
Sharing views from his ground glass, Ryan Gillespie explores his obsession of light, shapes, and compositions and captures these elements in emotional images of the landscape around us.
Ryan works primarily with the black and white analogue process, working as the sole craftsman from the moment the negative is exposed in the camera to the creation of the final platinum palladium print.
Since being introduced to photography when I was 15,I have always used photography as a tool of self-expression, enjoyment, and relaxation. I am in love with the process of exploration, image capture, chemical development, and the final image presentation.
I learned photography with film and transitioned into digital when it became available. It was at that moment when my enjoyment of the photographic process was lost and I walked away from photography for more than a decade.
I decided to go back to photography and back to film, large film, and the large format process. The camera is big and the process is slow, but this oversized and somewhat primitive camera design is a romantic and creative way to become more intimate with the subjects before me.

Photo Club PDX Presents Zeb Andrews on Personal Projects at Cobalt Studios
2018-12-11 18:30 - 21:30 | Cobalt Studios PDX, 1030 SE Clinton St, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Photo Club PDX Presents Zeb Andrews on Personal Projects
Dec 11th, 2018, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Cobalt Studios PDX
1030 SE Clinton St
Portland, OR 97202
https://www.photoclubpdx.com
In December we are going to look at and celebrate what we have done as a group over the past year- in 3 parts.
A Presentation by Zeb Andrews on Personal Projects
A Pop-Up Gallery & Print Share
A Celebration!
This is our last meeting of 2018!
We are closing out a really exciting year!
This is a special meeting! We will start off with a presentation by Zeb Andrews on Personal Projects. This talk with inspire you and get your creative juices flowing. You will have a kickstart to consider all of the possibilities of what you could endeavor for 2019! Come with a notebook this month!
After the presentation, it’s Party Time, Excellent! It’s going to be a night of mingling and fun!
We will have a Pop-Up Gallery set up at Cobalt Studios PDX for viewing as well as a Print Swap Gifting happening. So come whether it is your 1st time or twelfth. It will be a great time to talk shop, create connections with your fellow creatives or just have fun and drink some hot chocolate!
It’s your LAST CHANCE to participate this year! It will be a good time to hop on board the photo club train! We are about to leave the station again! Year 2 here we come! See the Website for Important Details!
You can find us at our website, or our Facebook group. We also have a presence on Instagram. You can follow our Hashtag! #PCPDX

Lightbox Members Exhibit at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2018-12-08 17:00 - 20:00 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
Lightbox Members Exhibit
December 8, 2018 – January 6, 2019Artists’ Opening Reception: Saturday, December 8th, 5-8pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery1045 Marine Dr.Astoria, Or. 97103(503) 468-0238lightbox-photographic.com
LightBox Photographic Gallery host the artists’ opening reception of the LightBox Members Group Exhibit on Saturday, December 8th, from 5-8 pm. LightBox members are a community of photographers and patrons from the North Coast and beyond that support the mission of the gallery to promote and educate in the photographic arts through exhibits, education, events and member gatherings. The annual members exhibit celebrates each individual’s unique creativity, this year over 40 members are featured in an open call.
Thank You to the Photographers in the 2018 Members Exhibit
Michelle Anderson • Joe Walden • Rich Bergeman • Sam BlairChris Bryant • Jim Congleton • Paul Cunningham • Michael DatoliJoseph Deiss • Mike Demkowitz • Roger Dorband • Jim FitzgeraldEleanor Gorman • Ed Greenley • Friderike Heuer ˙• Ken HochfeldZan Hare • George Johnson • Peter Karnig • Ann KendellenLaura Kurtenbach • Bob Levine • Jon Lingel • Donald MacDonaldJody Miller • Julie Moore • Walt O’Brien • Sandy O’BrienMike O’Brien • Robert Potts • Micheal Puff • Ram MadhavarapuLorraine Richey • John Ritchie • Bob Sanov • Dave SchaererBrooks Seymore • Kathleen Thompson • Terry Thompson Michael Van Buskirk • David White • George Willse • Mark Wiltrakis
The exhibit will show in the gallery from December 8th until January 6th. LightBox offers memberships as a way to become part of the community that helps to further the mission of the gallery. All the photographers are listed and images can be seen on the Exhibit Showpage. LightBox is located at 1045 Marine Drive in Astoria, hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 11 – 5:30. Contact LightBox at 503-468-0238 , info@lightboxphotographic.com and lightbox-photographic.com for info on events, call for submissions, and to view past, current and upcoming exhibits.
http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/members_exhibit_2018 http://lightbox-photographic.com/members/

Lincoln Kwan Miller at Pushdot Studio
2018-12-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Pushdot Studio, 2505 SE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Lincoln Kwan Miller, Undocumented Credentials
December 5th – January 29, 2019
Opening reception on December 7th from 6-8pm.
Pushdot Studio
2505 SE 11th Avenue, Suite 104
Portland, OR 97202
Mon-Fri. 8:30am to 5:00pm, free admission
I had never considered myself as the primary subject in an image. But then I started thinking why not? A terrifying thought, because I have spent my life dealing with feelings of alienation and trying to fit into my skin. I’ve coped with this by attempting to become invisible, hopeless for the apparent but superficial reason of my physical appearance. This show is about the irony of feeling different yet wanting to fit in and a reflection on how our external environment helps define who we are.

LeeAnn Gauthier at Bread and Ink Cafe
2018-12-03 08:00 - 20:30 | Bread and Ink Cafe, 3610 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR, 97214, United States
LeeAnn Gauthier, City Slicker
December 3, 2018 – January 13, 2019
Bread and Ink Cafe3610 SE Hawthorne Blvd.Portland OR 97214http://www.breadandinkcafe.com503-239-4756Mon-Thu: 8 am – 8:30 pmFri-Sat: 8 am – 9:30 pmSun: 8 am – 8:30 pm
LeeAnn is an urban adventuress who rarely visits Andrew Wyeth’s grassy field or Ansel Adams’ majestic parks. As the mid-’90s photographer/lab tech aboard The Love Boat, she had 3 hours and very long legs to explore the rustic fishing ports of Alaska. Skagway was a favorite for the jazzy 1920s vintage cabs.
As a member of the Architectural Heritage Center, she seeks beauty in texture, reflection and design. She is sadly addicted to her Etsy shop and aspires to get more than 20 likes on Instagram.
Carporn from Cuba shot with a Lensbaby included for the other four gearheads in Portland.
LeeAnn Gauthier503.235.7964http://StudioGauthier.Etsy.comIG: Studio.Gauthier

Blue Moon Camera's Annual Customer Show 2018
2018-12-01 19:00 - 21:00 | 45th Parallel Wines, 8527 N Lombard, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Blue Moon Camera’s Annual Customer Show 2018
December 1st – December 31st, 2018
Reception: Saturday, December 1st, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Dance party social: Saturday, December 1st, 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm (at 45th Parallel Wines)
Various venues. See below.
Blue Moon Camera and Machine celebrates their Seventeenth Anniversary with a presentation of their Sixteenth Annual Customer Show. As one of the last optical printing labs in the country, Blue Moon Camera handles film from thousands of photographers around the globe throughout the year. Tens of thousands of images pass through the lab – some destined for the walls of a gallery, others for an esteemed place on the refrigerator.
Regardless of where they end up, many of these images are so strikingly beautiful that they cannot be contained by the hands of the Blue Moon staff member who notices them, this is how the Customer Show is born. Candidate images are selected democratically by the staff, and after a majority vote and the photographer’s signature, they become the images that make up the Customer Show.
This year’s Customer Show will take place in the following venues. There will be an opening reception at all venues on Saturday, December 1sth from 7-9pm. Images selected in 2018 will hang at 45th Parallel Wines, and other venues will host images selected and shown in previous years.
A dance party social will follow the opening from 9pm until 11pm at 45th Parallel Wines.
45th Parallel Wines
8527 N Lombard
(971) 266-0886
https://www.45thparallelwines.com/
Anna Bannana’s
8716 N Lombard
(503) 286-2030
http://annabannanascafe.com
Leisure Public House
8002 N Lombard
(503) 289-7606
http://www.leisurepublichouse.com/

Zeb Andrews at Camerawork Gallery
2018-12-01 15:00 - 16:00 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
Zeb Andrews, Sea
December 1 – January 4, 2019.
Artist Talk, Saturday, December 1, 3PM – 4PM
Artist Reception, Saturday, December 1, 4PM – 5:30PM.
Camerawork Gallery
301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR 97227
Located in Lorenzen Conference Center – Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Campus.
9am – 6pm, Monday-Saturday, Sunday, 10am-4pm
Free off street parking available, Stair and elevator access, TriMet Routes 4, 24 and 44
www.TheCameraworkGallery.org
www.Facebook.com/cameraworkgallery
503-701-534
Portland photographer Zeb Andrews will be sharing selections from “Sea”, a series of medium format film images made during his many trips to the Pacific coast of Oregon and Washington. Andrews is a prolific photographer who has been working in the Portland photographic community for nearly two decades as an educator with various institutions and on the retail side of things with Blue Moon Camera and Machine. For as long as he has been involved with the local community, he has been photographing along the Oregon coast for even longer.
Made predominantly using a Hasselblad camera older than he is, and with B&W film, “Sea” represents a portion of the Pacific Ocean images that reflect Andrews’ attempts to understand and explain his relationship with the ocean. Visiting in a variety of weather, returning again and again, and using neutral density filters to lengthen the time he stands there watching the waves, “Sea” contains images that explore where our coastline and the ocean meet over spans of time and year-round. His images capture tranquility as well as tempestuousness; they invoke beauty but also caution and danger. Their scope ranges from stretches of coast reaching miles into the distance, to smaller and more intimate nooks along the shoreline. Through it all, “Sea” offers a glimpse of many different oceans—each with a different emotional resonance for Andrews.
Zeb Andrews has lived the entire 40 years of his life in the Pacific Northwest and within easy distance of the Pacific Ocean. Most of his photographic life has been spent on its windswept shores, breathing its salty air and making photographs to slowly piece together the puzzle of what it all means to him. Andrews is many other things, just as the ocean can be many things, but this is the facet of himself he would most have you know. At least for now.
This will be Andrews’ second solo exhibit at Camerawork Gallery. He held his first-ever solo exhibit at Camerawork Gallery in February, 2008.
More of Zeb’s work can be found on his website at www.zebandrews.com, and he can also be e-mailed at zeb@zebandrews.com.

Italy:The South Photographs by Lisa Bauso CLOSING PARTY at UnionKnott Gallery
2018-11-30 18:00 - 21:00 | Union Knott, 2726 MLK JR.Blvd, Portland, OR, 97212, United States
Lisa Bauso, Italy:The South Photographs
Closing Party
Friday Nov. 30 6-9PM
UnionKnott Gallery
2726 NE MLK Blvd.
Portland,Oregon 97214
contact: 503-866-3028

Wendy Red Star at Pushdot Studio
2018-11-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Pushdot Studio, 2505 SE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Wendy Red Star, 1873 Crow Delegation
OPEN/CLOSE: October 3-November 31, 2018
Closing reception on November 30 from 6-8pm.
Pushdot Studio
2505 SE 11th Avenue, Suite 104
Portland, OR 97202
Mon-Fri. 8:30am to 5:00pm, free admission
The poignant exhibition by Wendy Red Star consists of reproductions of photographs, taken in Washington D.C by the Department of Interior and the Bureau of Ethnology. The images were annotated by Red Star with notes on cultural detail in red ink, scrawled on the portraits, asserting each individual”s identity and accomplishments. The photographs reflect the deliberate erasure of Native American culture that served to dehumanize the Crow and other indigenous people in the U.S.
Wendy Red Star works across disciplines to explore the intersections of Native American ideologies and colonialist structures, both historically and in contemporary society. Raised on the Apsáalooke (Crow) reservation in Montana, Red Star’s work is informed both by her cultural heritage and her engagement with many forms of creative expression, including photography, sculpture, video, fiber arts, and performance. An avid researcher of archives and historical narratives, Red Star seeks to incorporate and recast her research, offering new and unexpected perspectives in work that is at once inquisitive, witty and unsettling. Intergenerational collaborative work is integral to her practice, along with creating a forum for the expression of Native women’s voices in contemporary art.
Red Star has exhibited in the United States and abroad at venues including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fondation Cartier pour l’ Art Contemporain, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Portland Art Museum, Hood Art Museum, St. Louis Art Museum, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, among others. She served a visiting lecturer at institutions including Yale University, the Figge Art Museum, the Banff Centre, National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Dartmouth College, CalArts, Flagler College, and I.D.E.A. Space in Colorado Springs. In 2017, Red Star was awarded the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award and in 2018 she received a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship. In 2019 Red Star will have her first career survey exhibition at the Newark Museum in Newark New Jersey.
Red Star holds a BFA from Montana State University, Bozeman, and an MFA in sculpture from University of California, Los Angeles. She lives and works in Portland, OR.

Kelli Pennington at the Portland Art Museum
2018-11-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Kelli Pennington, Manufacturing Memory
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’s
Brown Bag Lunch Talk Series
Wednesday, November 21st, 2018, Noon – 1pm
Portland Art Museum
The Miller Room, Mark Building
1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
www.portlandartmuseum.org
503 226 2811
Cost: Free to the public (people are welcome to bring their lunch).

Kelli will discuss her photographic “life project,” Liminal, started in the Summer of 2003. At that time, Kelli was determined to incorporate photography into her daily life. As her project evolved, over the last 15 years, society followed along, creating and participating in this inherently human compulsion. She will discuss the evolution of her project based on her belief that as we frame a photograph, so to can we frame the relationship that we have to our existence.
Kelli Pennington is a photographer, educator and curator living in Portland, Oregon. She earned her MFA from
Syracuse University in 2010. A member of Small Talk Collective. Formed in Portland, Oregon in 2015, Small Talk is comprised of seven women, who explore the nature of what it means to be a visual storyteller.

Jady Bates at Blue Moon Camera and Machine
2018-11-17 17:30 - 20:30 | Blue Moon Camera and Machine, 8417 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Jady Bates, A Selection of Work
Nov. 1st- Nov. 30th 2018
Sat. , Nov 17th, 5:30-8:30pm
Blue Moon Camera and Machine
8417 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR 97203
503-978-0333
M-F 9-6 or Sat. 9-5
sales@bluemooncamera.com
www.bluemooncamera.com
We are excited to present an exhibition of work by Jady Bates during the month of November. Jady is a fine art and musician photographer. She is internationally published and enjoys life, animals, people, and the world.
She says this about her work: Photography is light. It exists only within the moment. I evoke from my subjects what is revealed within these moments. Photography is my lifestyle.
Come by to meet the artist behind the photographs at this celebration of them and the photographic processes she is keeping alive.
Opening Reception is Sat. Nov. 17th from 5:30-8:30pm but her work will be on display for the month of November.
www.jadybates.com

Isaac Layman at Elizabeth Leach Gallery
2018-11-15 17:30 - 19:30 | Elizabeth Leach Gallery, 417 NW 9th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Isaac Layman, Never Was A Thing
November 1 – December 29, 2018
First Thursday Reception: Nov. 1, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Artist Talk: Thursday, Nov. 15, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Arguing About Seeing, a conversation between artist Isaac Layman and Linda Tesner, Director and Curator of the Hoffman Gallery at Lewis & Clark College
Elizabeth Leach Gallery
417 NW 9th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
www.elizabethleach.com
503-224-0521
art@elizabethleach.com
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10:30 – 5:30
Isaac Layman makes large format photographic constructions of objects inside his home and captures astonishingly vivid details through the scientific precision of his process. Multiple perspectives coalesce and recognizable subjects challenge the viewer’s perception through meticulous optic detail. The artist creates the visual experience of “semantic satiation”, a psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener. Layman’s images similarly seem to transform through extended periods of looking and become more peculiar, alien and intriguing.
Layman’s new large format photographs are featured in the first gallery, along with his uniquely conceived installation in the adjacent space. On display in the second gallery are pictures that Layman captured during a 24-hour silent retreat within the confines of his bathroom. During his self-imposed home retreat, the artist absorbs and reflects the experience of listening to National Public Radio’s perpetual news cycle through images on his phone camera. Every picture included in Never Was A Thing is imbued with Layman’s intensive process: a record of unflinching visual absorption and a meditation on the subjective nature of reality.
Layman’s work has appeared in Lifelike, a traveling exhibition organized by the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN) second nature: abstract photography then and now, at the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (Lincoln, MA), and Paradise, a solo show at the Frye Art Museum (Seattle, WA). Layman’s work is included in numerous private and public collections, including the Frye Art Museum, the Henry Art Gallery (Seattle, WA), the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse (Miami, FL), the Monsen Collection of Photography (Seattle, WA), the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Houston, TX), the Norton Museum of Art (West Palm Beach, FL), the Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR), the Seattle Art Museum (Seattle, WA), the Tacoma Art Museum (Tacoma, WA) and the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN). Among the artist’s awards and honors are the Betty Bowen Award from the Seattle Art Museum and the Contemporary Northwest Art Award from the Portland Art Museum in 2013. In 2016, Minor Matters Books in Seattle published Isaac Layman Home Schooled a monograph on his work including an essay by Bob Nickas.

Photo Club PDX Monthly Meeting
2018-11-13 18:30 - 21:30 | Cobalt Studios PDX, 1030 SE Clinton St, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Photo Club PDX Monthly Meeting
November 13th, 2018
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Cobalt Studios PDX
1030 SE Clinton St
Portland, OR 97202
https://www.photoclubpdx.com
Photo Club PDX is a community of digital and film photographers possessing the desire to explore ideas, experiment, get feedback, learn from one another, and create as our hearts desire.
Photo Club PDX meets twice monthly to explore, create, and share. We have a monthly meeting and a monthly outing. For inspiration and growth, we also have a monthly photo challenge for our members.
You can see the Challenge images in our Blue Sky Gallery Drawer which is rotated out monthly.
At our November 13th PCPDX meeting we will hear from 4 guest jurors including Blue Mitchell, Joni Kabana, Anthony Pidgeon, and Mark Fitzgerald.
We will gain insight as to how they sorted through the challenge images, what they looking for, how the artist statement & title played a role in what they did or did not choose. Challenge #10 is an experiment that will give us the opportunity to hear from the juror’s point of view and pick their brains! We hope to see you!
You can find us at our website, or our Facebook group. We also have a presence on Instagram. You can follow our Hashtags! #PCPDX and #PCPDXcom
https://www.photoclubpdx.com

Art of the Darkroom for 8-12th Graders taught by Bobby Abrahamson at University of Portland
2018-11-11 12:00 - 16:00 | University of Portland, 5000 N Willamette Boulevard, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Art of the Darkroom for 8-12th Graders
Instructor: Bobby Abrahamson (www.bobbyabrahamson.com)
November 11 – December 2 (no class Nov. 25), 12 – 4 PM (Three Sundays)
University of Portland, Buckley Center
5000 N. Willamette Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97203-5798
$168 (Financial aid available!)
To register: https://www.saturdayacademy.org/catalog/darkroom
For more information contact Saturday Academy: 503-200-5858
Will you be the next Ansel Adams or Dorthea Lange? Experience the magic of black and white photography from start to finish: shoot the image, develop the negative and print your photograph. Learn composition and lighting techniques for creating a good negative. Explore camera basics including f-stop, shutter speed and exposure. See your surroundings through a photographer’s keen eye during walking field trips as you develop your individual style. In the darkroom, learn how to develop negatives and make prints, experiment with exposure, contrast, filters and paper. Explore the many different effects that can be achieved with a single negative. Choose your best photographs to develop into prints for your portfolio or for display.
Requirements: 35 mm camera, manual preferred

In Gratitude at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2018-11-10 17:00 - 20:00 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
In Gratitude
November 10 – December 5, 2018
Artists’ Opening Reception: Saturday, November 10, 5-8pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery
1045 Marine Dr.
Astoria, OR 97103
(503) 468-0238
lightbox-photographic.com
LightBox Photographic Gallery host the artists’ opening reception for In Gratitude on Saturday, November 10,, from 5-8 pm. In Gratitude was juried by Laura Valenti and shares photographic images with a positive outlook.
“The Benedictine monk David Steindl-Rast reminds us that it’s not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratitude that makes us happy. Can we invite more happiness into our lives by photographing the things we’re thankful for? I like to think so. I spent a very challenging season of my life focused on this practice. Making images of gratitude was a sacred, healing touchpoint – a daily reminder that good still exists, that there really is beauty in the world.”
“As artists, we have the privilege of being able to create the world we’d like to live in – at least in our images. What if we consciously created a world filled with love, connection, beauty, and hope – a world where we celebrate the little things that bring us joy? What if we made images with the express intention to help others see beyond the horror in the news cycle and the stress of daily life? What if we considered our photography a gratitude practice?” ~ Laura Valenti
Laura Valenti is the founder of Light Atlas Creative, www.lightatlascreative.com, an online platform for transformative photography education. She teaches interactive e-courses, supports emerging photographers in her creative mentoring program, speaks to photo groups and curates exhibitions for galleries and photo festivals around the world. At the core, her work is about helping her students find their true voice as artists, so they can make their most personal, meaningful, and wholehearted work.
Congratulations to the photographers accepted into In Gratitude.
Angela Douglas Ramsey • Sally Bowker • Jim Congleton
Norma Cordova • Terry Donnelly • Gloria Baker Feinstein
Joni Kabana • Sally Kim-Miller • Tone Elin Solholm
Kathleen Malan Thompson • Sam Blair • Peggy Taylor Reid
Stan Raucher • Thomas Robinson • Julie Moore
Michelle Swanson • Terry Thompson • Charlotte Watts
In Gratitude will be on display in the gallery through December 5th. Please visit the gallery during the month to see the collection of work. Complete show info is on the LightBox website at http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/. LightBox memberships are a way to become part of the community that helps to further the mission of the gallery. Contact LightBox at 503-468-0238 or info@lightboxphotographic.com.
LightBox is located at 1045 Marine Drive in Astoria, hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 11 – 5:30.

Harry B. Houchins at The O’Brien Photo Gallery
2018-11-10 15:00 - 18:00 | The O’Brien Photo Gallery, 2833 Willamette, Ste. B, Eugene, OR, 97405, United States
Harry B. Houchins, Oregon Aspects, In the Antiquarian Avant-garde Manner
The show runs from November 10th through January 10th.
An reception for the artist will be held on Saturday, November 10th from 3-6 pm.
The O’Brien Photo Gallery
2833 Willamette, Ste. B
Eugene, OR 97405
(541) 729-3572
Open weekdays, call to be sure we’re open.
waltobrien1945@gmail.com
http://obrienimaging.com/gallery.htm
Antiquarian Avant-garde is a term coined in 2002 with the publication of a book of photographs
done in processes from the 19th century. Like me, they enjoy the craft of making their own emulsions and
creating photographs that require time and technique to produce what becomes unique imagery.
The medium I’ve chosen for these particular works is platinum/palladium.
The platinum/palladium process produces a rich and extended range of tones in a print that is considered
by some as the most archival and beautiful of all the photographic processes.
I invite the viewer to make his or her own decision.
Harry B. Houchins

#2701 Jānis Miglavs at Camerawork Gallery
2018-11-04 16:00 - 17:00 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
Jānis Miglavs, Five Fingers
November 3rd – November 30th, 2018
Artist Talk, Sunday, November 4th, 4PM-5PM (artist reception to follow to 6:30 PM)
Camerawork Gallery
301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR 97227
Located in Lorenzen Conference Center – Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Campus.
9am – 6pm, Monday-Saturday, Sunday, 10am-4pm
Free off street parking available, Stair and elevator access
www.TheCameraworkGallery.org
www.Facebook.com/cameraworkgallery
503-701-5347
Portland, Oregon commercial photographer Jānis Miglavs notes, “What started in 1999 as a disappointment at seeing one of my images on a billboard has evolved, over time, into the photographic illustrations included in the upcoming Camerawork Gallery exhibition as well as a book.”
Wanting to do more than just make money with his work, Miglavs embarked on an 18-year journey to learn the stories, myths and archetypal dreams from Africa’s most remote tribes. He had learned what Anthropologists and DNA tell us, that we—all modern humans—are distant descendants of Sapiens who walked out of Africa some 60,000 years go.
So he conjectured that these tribes might have distant threads to the primal stories the ancients told around the cooking fire before they left Africa. Could it be, perhaps, our modern religions and beliefs are evolutions of those ancient stories?
After recording the stories, Miglavs needed to take photos for his photographic illustrations. This often resulted in humorous situations. For example, he would ask the Tribal Chief to lay on his bed so Miglavs could photograph him to use in a dream illustration. That would be like asking the Governor to fake like he was sleeping so Miglavs could photograph him for his project. One time, Miglavs had to pay a Shaman a little extra—because the Shaman didn’t want people to think he was dead. Anthropologists tell Miglavs he is the only person to have recorded the stories he’s depicted in his photographic illustrations.
Miglavs’ African adventures included a roaring lion walking by his tent one night, crossing crocodile-filled rivers in a dugout log and when one interpreter said he would kill him if he even accidentally said anything derogatory about the Quran or Muhammad.
One of the most memorable experiences happened when Miglavs asked the elders of a remote tribe in Ethiopia what advice they would give world leaders. These tribal members were remote and many Westerners would even call them primitive. After a long silence, one elder finally said, “Tell them that we are all created by God. No matter what your tribe, no matter what your religion, we all bleed the same color blood.” Then he raised his hand, with his fingers outstretched, to conclude, “We all have five fingers.”
In this age of anxiety and fear of the other, fear of the other’s tribe, ethnicity, political group or religion, Miglavs’ gallery show was totally inspired by that Konso elder’s insightful words: “We all have five fingers.” Miglavs hopes the exhibit will inspire viewers to examine their own beliefs from a different perspective—from the perspective of the Birthplace of Modern Humans. ABOUT THE ARTIST Jānis Miglavs was lucky to have been born. When the Communists invaded Latvia during World War 2, they wanted to kill his father because he owned land. Fortunately, his father escaped and fled with his wife—Jānis’ mom. Jānis was born in a displaced person’s camp.
Eventually, Jānis and his family immigrated to the United States, where he learned English starting the first day of school. After becoming a US citizen, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the UC Berkeley, and a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from California State University at Sacramento.
He taught high school art and photography for 10 years, then spent a year teaching special education teachers all while doing wedding photography every weekend and most nights. After he got married, his wife, Eddi, put her foot down. Choose one career. After a beer or two, he chose photography.
He started in the editorial world working with local newspapers and magazines like National Geographic, Outdoor Photographer and Travel and Leisure. When he had two young boys, he quit traveling to become an advertising and commercial photographer.
Along the way, he wrote, photographed and created videos for a long list of winery clients and publications like Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, Sommelier Journal, Oregon Wine Press, Outdoor Photographer and a variety of travel magazines. He wrote and photographed three wine-related books, which won numerous awards, including Gold medals and Best in the World.
In addition to this tasty winery work, in 1999 Jānis started a major personal project in the Birthplace of Modern Humans. For this he traveled to and interviewed the elders, shamans, witchdoctors, storytellers, and chiefs of Africa’s most remote tribes about their myths and archetypal dreams. For all but one of the tribes, he is the only person to have ever documented their oral stories—from which he creates interpretive photographic illustrations of the stories he heard.
While the illustration work has been displayed on a limited basis, including at the United Nations headquarters, Jānis feels the time is right to get the work and message he learned in Africa out.
www.jmiglavs.com
www.FiveFingersProject.org

The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE) on the iPhone and iPad
2018-11-03 18:00 - 20:00 | OR
The Photographer’s Ephemeris (TPE) on the iPhone and iPad
Taught by Gregg Kerber (Discover the Light Photography)
Saturday, November 3, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Vancouver, WA (address provided upon registration)
$49 (6-9 students)
$44 (10-12 students)
$39 (13-15 students)
For more information and registration, click the link below:
http://www.discoverthelightphotography.com/workshop/2018_TPE.asp?ID=113
What is TPE?
• Helps you plan outdoor photography shoots in natural light
• It’s a map-centric sun and moon calculator – see how the light will fall on the land, day or night, for any location on earth
• Night mode – plan astro photography shoots (constellations, Milky Way, etc.)
• Line-of-sight analysis – defines your shooting direction and shows the topography along your shooting direction
• Visual search – tells you the exact dates and times when sun or moon will align with your subject
• Maps – view different map types such as Apple or Google Maps
• Time/direction of sun, moon, and galactic center rise/set
• Moon phase and % illumination
• Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight
• Save all your favorite locations
• Golden hour duration
• Crescent moon visibility

Lisa Bauso at UnionKnott Gallery
2018-11-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Union Knott, 2726 MLK JR.Blvd, Portland, OR, 97212, United States
Lisa Bauso, Italy: The South
November 2nd – 30th, 2018
Opening: First Friday, Nov. 2nd, 6-9 pm
Also: Nov. 17 7pm: La Dolce Vita celebration
UnionKnott
2726 MLK Blvd
Portland, Oregon
Nationally exhibited photographer Lisa Bauso announces a new show of photographic work from Southern Italy. Lisa Bauso is best know for her street photography documenting ordinary people and places during extended travel. With roots based in photojournalism and a dedication to the snapshot esthetic she attempts to reveal a universal humanity.
The work on display, opening NOV. 2, at Union Knott Gallery 2726 MLK Blvd, Portland, Oregon are large scale black and white images shot throughout southern Italy with the incorporation of color playing cards from the Italian card deck Scopa. Scopa is an ancient card game popular all over Italy and the cards are unique in their beautiful, colorful depiction of the suits, void of numbers. The cards compliment the body of work which uncovers the historic remnants of the region and people with a modern eye.
Contact Information: 503-866-3028 lisabauso2@gmail.com

Kristin Cole at Uncorked Studios
2018-11-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Uncorked Studios, 811 SE Stark St. #300, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
Kristin Cole, 45 Reasons Why
Opening Reception | Nov. 2, 2018 (by RSVP) 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Public Viewing | Nov. 3 – 4, 2018 12:00 – 4:00 pm
Uncorked Studios
811 SE Stark St. #300, Portland OR 97214
503-610-8052
www.uncorkedstudios.com
“Seeking: Anyone willing to be photographed with an object of their choice that represents an idea, belief, value, or right threatened under the current administration.” That was my call to the community recently asking for participants in this artivist (art + activism) project. The idea for this project was sparked on the day Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court. The anger I felt was not born from the shock of what happened, but that I had already concluded it would happen. In that moment it seemed like there was no limit to the lows the Trump administration would go to carry out their agenda and drove home the fact that the mid-term election is really the only hope those of us who care for the human rights of all have at preventing another two-years of this kind of nonsense. We, unfortunately, spend each day cherry-picking the issues we are disgusted with, whether it be separating families at the border, climate change denial, assault weapons, access to health care, reproductive rights, or sexual assault, to name a few. What I wanted to explore in this project was what happens when we put all the various concerns that people carry with them in one place at one time. My fear is that people have lost hope that anything can be done to stop this—that perhaps we are losing faith that our voices matter. When we spend too much time examining one issue at a time, we lose sight of the bigger picture and the magnitude of what we all collectively stand to lose if we stop protesting. If we stop running for office. If we stop voting. I hope this exhibit shines a light that does not cast shadows and inspires people to use their one voice on 11.06.18 and beyond to help protect all of ours.
www.KristinColePhotography.com

"In Transit" group show at Blue Sky Gallery
2018-11-01 18:00 - 21:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
In Transit
A group exhibition featuring the works of
George Awde, Daniel Castro Garcia, Gohar Dashti,
Tanya Habjouqa, and Stefanie Zofia Schulz
Curated by Peggy Sue Amison
November 1–December 30, 2018
First Thursday opening reception: November 1, 6:00–9:00 PM
*Please note that the curator and artists will present about the work in early December.*
In Transit is a multidisciplinary exhibition that focuses on the tentative, limbo-like experience of living between different cultures. The exhibition explores the stories of immigrants who traverse the no-man’s land that exists between home and hope.
The lives of those fleeing from unsafe, economically depressed homelands towards dreams of a more secure future are filled with boredom, sadness, fear, and apathy. They experience the deep absence of the loss of loved ones, familiar places, and citizenship. The photography and video works in this exhibition are created in Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, Italy, and Iran, and are testimonies to day-to-day survival alongside the struggle to find a sense of normalcy and stability and a place to call home.
Utilizing photography, performance and filmmaking, each body of work examines the experiences of those thrust into a culture that is markedly different from their own. These stories illustrate the physical and psychological challenges faced, while additionally looking at the deeper discussion of what constitutes citizenship in the wake of the enormous migrations into Europe. Through their narratives, the artists strive to disrupt accepted misconceptions about immigration and otherness in order to tell a more accurate story. By collaborating with their subjects they give voice to those who must endure mountains of dead time while tangled up in bureaucracy in order to become more than merely ‘registered aliens.’
About the Artists and Curator
Tanya Habjouqa (JO) is an award-winning photographer, journalist and educator. Her practice links social documentary, collaborative portraiture, and participant observation. Her principal interests include gender, representations of otherness, dispossession and human rights, with a particular concern for the ever-shifting sociopolitical dynamics in the Middle East. Habjouqa’s work has been exhibited worldwide and is in the collections of MFA Boston, Institut du Monde Arab, and the Carnegie Museum of Art. She is a founding member of Rawiya, the first all-female photography collective from the Middle East. She is also one of four mentors for the Arab Documentary Photography Program, organized by Magnum Foundation, Prince Claus Foundation, and AFAC. She is a member of the Noor Agency and represented by East Wing Gallery. Habjouqa lives with her family in East Jerusalem.
Gohar Dashti (IR) received her M.A. in Photography from the Fine Art University of Tehran in 2005. After studying photography in Iran, she has spent the last thirteen years focusing her practice on social issues with particular references to history and culture through a convergence of interests in anthropology and sociology. Her practice continuously develops from life events and connection between the personal and the universal, the political and the fantasized. Her work has been exhibited around the world and is in collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum (UK), Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (JP), Museum of Fine Arts Boston (USA), Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City (USA), National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (USA), Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), Chicago (USA), and Kadist Art Foundation, Paris (FR). Dashti presently lives with her family between Iran and the United States.
George Awde (USA/LB) was born in Boston of Lebanese origin. Drawn to alternative narratives, his work delves into issues surrounding citizenship, nationality and sexuality, focusing on people living on the margins of the city and their parallel realities between life in Beirut and elsewhere. He graduated with an MFA in Photography from Yale University in 2009 and holds a BA in painting from Massachusetts College of the Arts, Boston. Awde presently lives between Doha, Qatar; Beirut, Lebanon; and Cairo, Egypt. He is represented by East Wing Gallery and teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University in Doha, Qatar, and is also co-founder and co-director of marra.tein residency program in Beirut.
Daniel Castro Garcia (UK) was born and raised in Oxford, England, by parents who emigrated from Spain’s Galicia region seeking economic opportunities. As the son of immigrants himself, Castro Garcia wanted to use his work as a photographer and filmmaker to help migrants/refugees have their voices heard. Since May 2015, he has revisited many of Europe’s refugee/ migrant hotspots. The book, Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015 – 2016 was self published in 2016, with graphic designer Thomas Saxby and producer Jade Morris. In 2017 Castro Garcia received the British Journal of Photography’s International Photography Award and selected as a grantee by the Magnum Foundation Fund. He was also awarded the 2017 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography. Castro Garcia is represented by East Wing Gallery. He is lives and works in Sicily.
Stefanie Zofia Schulz (DE) was born in Germany and is a graduate of the Ostkreuzschule in Berlin. Her photographic practice focuses on the documentation of important social issues and the human condition. Her work has been exhibited in Festival Circulations (FR) in 2016 and has been published in i-D Magazine, Emerge magazine and Dazed digital. She presently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Peggy Sue Amison (US/IE) is Artistic Director for East Wing, a platform for photography founded in Doha, Qatar. As a curator, strategist, mentor, photographic consultant and writer, Amison has collaborated with numerous emerging and established photographers, festivals and publications internationally in Europe, China, the United States, and the United Arab Emirites. She is originally from San Diego, California, and holds a BA in Art from San Francisco State University. Prior to her work with East Wing, she was Artistic Director of Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh County Cork, Ireland from 2001– 2014. In Transit was initially exhibited at Gallerie Image, Aarhus, Denmark in 2016.

Inner Light Photographic Society at Buckley Center Gallery
2018-10-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Buckley Center Gallery, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., Portland, OR, 97203-5798, United States
Inner Light Photographic Society, Inner Light Outer Vision
October 22 – November 15, 2018
Reception: Sunday, October 28th 2-4 p.m.
Buckley Center Gallery
University of Portland
5000 N. Willamette Blvd.
Portland, OR 97203-5798
Gallery Hours:
Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Sat & Sun 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Inner Light Photographic Society was founded in 1986 by
Master Photographer Shedrich Williames. We started with classic film
cameras, printing on black and white fiber base paper in trays
of darkroom chemistry.
The essence of our beginnings informs our current work. Many
of the group’s members continue to express their vision with film.
Some have crossed the bridge from analog to digital and back again.
Some have taken a fresh look at old contact sheets, finding exciting
work never before shown. One member is developing rolls of film
refrigerated for decades.
Whatever the media or camera format, Inner Lighters love the fine art
of photography. Thirty-two years later, our group continues
to be a vital, creative resource for its members. We gather informally
to discuss works in progress and share a meal at monthly meetings.
We present an eclectic collection of art photography that we hope
will inspire University of Portland students and intrigue art gallery
viewers.
Participating Artists:
Wendy Berreth
Christine Eagon
Cheryle Easter
Al Flory
Linda Freeland
Cecile Galligan
Joe Glasgow
Thomas Golden
Claudia J. Howell
Peter Karnig
Jane Keating
Janelle Lee
Alan Mevis
Lorraine Richey
Jim Skates
Scott Weston

Team Photo Cascadia show at University of Oregon Law School Gallery
2018-10-20 09:00 - 18:00 | University of Oregon School of Law, 1515 Agate St., Eugene, OR, 97403, United States
Team Photo Cascadia
Erin Babnik, Sean Bagshaw, David Cobb, Adrian Klein, Kevin McNeal, Chip Phillips, and Zach Schnepf.
Present through Nov. 26, 2018
University of Oregon Law School Gallery
1515 Agate St., Eugene OR 97493
9 am to 6 pm – 7 days a week
541-346-3868
Seven nationally and internationally recognized photographers, forming Team Cascadia, bring their exhibit “Atmosphere” to the University of Oregon Law School 2d Floor Gallery.
The stunning images in the show have been selected by the photographers for qualities of atmosphere, an elusive but critical element in their photography. Adrian Klein, one of the photographers says, “As a group, we share a passion for atmosphere, searching it out and capturing it in the landscape. of our art. In our landscape photography, atmosphere alludes to the pervading tone or mood of a place, a view or an environment, and is often the defining element and key ingredient. Recognizing and recording compelling atmosphere at the precise moment is often the difference between ordinary and transcendent.”
The exhibit’s fourteen captivating photographs are printed on aluminum sheets providing depth perception, brilliance, and penetrating views mostly of mountain scenes and landscapes in the Northwest. The images enfold the viewers into their atmospheres.
Photo Cascadia

Portland Nonprofit Photography Workshop
2018-10-17 12:00 - 17:00 | OR
Portland Nonprofit Photography Workshop
Wednesday October 17 at noon – Sunday October 21 at 5 pm
Takes place during the entire day throughout.
The cost is $1750 for the five day workshop.
LOCATION DISCLOSED UPON REGISTRATION (NW Portland)
https://momentaworkshops.com/workshop/project-portland-2018-leica-photography-and-multimedia-workshops-working-with-nonprofits/
Momenta is hosting their popular Project Portland: Photographing with Nonprofits workshop this October 17-21. Join us to use your photography as a force for change, give back to your community, and develop your skills in the process.
The intensive 5-day workshop includes a photo assignment with a local nonprofit, daily editing sessions with the instructor team, professional portfolio presentations each night, and the Momenta core lectures which focus on: marketing your work to paying nonprofit clients, successful strategies for grant writing and crowdfunding, portfolio suggestions to get better paying jobs, networking tips, contracts and negotiations, and much more. Likewise, the professional instructors will share their work and talk about how they work with editors and get the best from their contracts. Plus, attendees can take out a Leica to shoot with for the workshop as well!
Since our first workshop, Momenta’s student and instructor work has been featured in national publications, our alumni have created entirely new career paths in humanitarian photography, and 3 stories from our workshops have been nominated for Pulitzer Prizes! We’ve trained students early in their photojournalist trajectories, mid-career professionals in the midst of career changes, and hobbyist photographers seeking to use their skills as a force for social change.
You can address any questions to info@momentaWorkshops.com

ODD at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2018-10-13 17:00 - 20:00 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
ODD
October 13th – November 7th, 2018
Artists’ Opening Reception: Saturday, October 13th, 5-8pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery
1045 Marine Dr.
Astoria, OR 97103
(503) 468-0238
lightbox-photographic.com
LightBox Photographic Gallery will host the artists’ opening reception for ODD on Saturday, October 13th from 5-8 pm. The exhibit shares photographic images that deviate from the normal—either in subject or in method—that are mismatched, individualistic, outside the box, and peculiar. Photographs that simultaneously challenge and excite. Images that dare viewers to think and see in unexpected ways. The Exhibit was juried by Russell Joslin.
Russell Joslin is a celebrated editor and publisher. For 17 years (2000-2017), he was the Owner, Editor & Publisher of the internationally acclaimed photography journal SHOTS. In 2018, he founded a new photography and art book publishing company, Skeleton Key Press. He lives and works in Oslo, Norway.
“I’m pleased to present the exhibition Odd—a peculiar selection of images that fascinate with their expressions of off-center ideas and psychological concepts while capturing both staged and unexpected moments. A compelling variety of photographic techniques and processes were utilized to create these images (including wet-plate, pinhole, gelatin silver, cyanotype, Polaroid, double-exposure, mixed-media, film, and digital) and to assist in expressing each artist’s ideas that challenge convention and endeavor to enlighten the shadowy corners of their viewers’ psyches.” ~ Russell Joslin
Congratulations to the Photographers of ODD
Allan Barnes • Ronald Butler • Norma Cordova
Dana Day • Joseph Deiss • Mark Dierker
Gene Dominique • Diane Fenster • Nickolas Hurlbut
Kerry Jeffrey • Leighton McWilliams • Jody Miller
Chris Minnick • Julie Moore • Patrick Neary
Tone Elin Solholm • Tom Van de Ven • Dianne Yudelson
ODD will be on display in the gallery through November 7. Please visit the gallery during the month to see the collection of work. Complete show info is on the LightBox website at http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/. LightBox memberships are a way to become part of the community that helps to further the mission of the gallery.

Kurt Norlin, Matt Reese and Eric French; Bending Light: Mood/Magic/Metaphor
2018-10-10 11:00 - 12:00 | Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd SW, Albany, OR, 97330, United States
Kurt Norlin, Matt Reese and Eric French; Bending Light: Mood/Magic/Metaphor
Sept. 24 – Nov. 15, 2018
Reception and Gallery Talk: Wednesday, Oct. 10 from 11am to noon in the gallery
South Santiam Hall Gallery
Linn-Benton Community College
6500 Pacific Blvd SW
Albany, OR 97330
541-917-4999
Weekdays, 8 am – 5 pm
artgallery@linnbenton.edu
An exhibit by three Oregon photographers who use their lenses in unusual ways will be on view Sept. 24 through Nov. 15 in the South Santam Hall Gallery at Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany.
“Bending Light: Mood/Magic/Metaphor” features the work of Eric French of Corvallis, Matt Reese of Eugene and Kurt Norlin of Albany.
A reception and gallery talk will be held Wednesday Oct. 10 from 11 a.m. to noon in the gallery.
French creates moody “noir” photographs with his custom-built “camera obscura,” which he says “bends the light in a way different than ordinary lenses, creating gently modified images” that reveal elements of nostalgia and mystery. “With my imagery, I aspire to bring about glimpses of melancholy, serenity, sentiment and memory,” says French.
“Magic” is the word Reese uses to describe the results he gets from repurposing old lenses and adapting them to his otherwise ordinary digital camera. His colorful selective-focus closeups of plants have been exhibited previously in Eugene galleries, but never shown in the mid-valley before. “Any subject is fair game,” he says, “but most of the time I find myself drawn into the hidden natural world, peering with my glass eyes at scenes of beauty and drama usually overlooked.”
Norlin describes his photography as “part science, part art and part ritual.” His abstract color images are created by employing “intentional camera movement” (ICM) with a pinhole lens on a digital camera. “This method allows me to literally draw with light and has led more and more to dealing with things that lay outside the frame,” Norlin explains. “Dreams, visions, memories and metaphors have become the subject matter of my art.”
The South Santiam Hall Gallery is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tamera Staples at Blue Sky Gallery
2018-10-04 18:00 - 21:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Tamera Staples, Side Effects May Include
October 4–28, 2018
First Thursday opening reception: October 4, 6:00–9:00 PM
Panel discussion on mental health and polypharmacy
in conjunction with Side Effects May Include:
Saturday, October 6, 3:00 PM
Blue Sky Gallery
122 NW 8th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209 USA
503-225-0210
Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pm
First Thursday 6 – 9 pm
bluesky@blueskygallery.org
http://www.blueskygallery.org/
Side Effects May Include is a photo-based installation by Tamara Staples that focuses on the relationship between mental health and poly-pharmacy, or the simultaneous use of multiple drugs by a single patient. The project was inspired by the artist’s sister, who took her life with a cocktail of pharmaceuticals after living with bipolar disorder for many years. Following her death, Staples collected the contents of her sister’s medicine cabinet, sorted the thousands of pills, arranged them in patterns, and photographed them. She then translated the photos into wallpaper, a quilt, upholstery, dresses, and drapes to create an entire room covered in pill-based patterns. This deceptively alluring and decorative display immerses the viewer in a cacophony of images, echoing the tremendous scope of the poly-pharmacy epidemic in the United States today.
In conjunction with Side Effects May Include, Blue Sky will host a panel discussion about mental health and poly-pharmacy on Saturday, October 6th at 3PM. The panel will include mental health practitioners and individuals with lived experience including Gina Nikkel, PhD, President & CEO of the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care, John Herold, Director of Puget Sound Hearing Voices, staff from Mental Health America of Oregon, exhibition artist Tamara Staples, and others.
Tamara Staples is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. After she received her BFA in Photography from the University of Florida in Gainesville, she began her career as a prop stylist for print and television. Now a commercial and fine art photographer, her work has appeared in numerous publications including Harper’s Magazine, New York Times, Chicago Tribune Magazine, Food and Wine, Town and Country, Utne Reader and Bloomberg Business Magazine. Her work has been also featured on This American Life, CNN, Slate Magazine and NPR’s Animal House. Staples has exhibited at Davis Orton Gallery in Hudson, NY; Purdue University Galleries in Lafayette, Indiana; Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, Ga; Ricco Maresca Gallery in New York City; Museum of Modern Art in Baltimore, MD; Aron Packer Gallery in Chicago, Il; and Lightworks Gallery in Charlotte, NC. Staples is the recipient of a NYFA Grant, a PDN self promotion award, the 2014 Bronze award from the Royal Photographic Society, and has completed a Rauschenberg Residency. This is her second solo show at Blue Sky.

Tommy Kha at Blue Sky Gallery
2018-10-04 18:00 - 21:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Tommy Kha, I’m Only Here to Leave
October 4–28, 2018
First Thursday opening reception: October 4, 6:00–9:00 PM
Artist talk with Tommy Kha: Thursday, October 4, 6:00 PM
Blue Sky Gallery
122 NW 8th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209 USA
503-225-0210
Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pm
First Thursday 6 – 9 pm
bluesky@blueskygallery.org
http://www.blueskygallery.org/

“Through the framework of the self-portrait, I constantly navigate between self and otherness in my photography. Themes of likeness and representation are at the forefront of my picture making. I shift between comedy and tragedy, familiarity and foreignness, performer and camera operator.”
In I’m Only Here to Leave, Tommy Kha amplifies the performative and iterative nature of self-representation through his uncanny photographs and video installation that creatively engage others and his surroundings. The artist re-photographs cardboard cutouts of himself in various environments and creates “masks” of his own likeness to cover the faces of the people he photographs. Kha’s self-portraits, which tend to look like simple collages or crude Photoshop manipulations, draw attention to the fact that something—the artist’s body—is out of place. He notes that by superimposing his face onto those who embody the things he desires to emphasize about himself, he is attempting to become “more queer, more Asian, more Southern.”
Tommy Kha is a photographer based between Brooklyn, New York and his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. He holds an MFA in Photography from Yale University and he is a recipient of a 2017 En Foco Photography Fellowship. Kha also received the Jessie and Dolph Smith Emeritus Award and was named a Magenta Foundation Flash Forward emerging photographer. He has been the artist-in-residence at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, Light Work, Fountainhead, and Baxter Street at the Camera Club of New York. In December 2015 Kha published his first monograph, A Real Imitation, through Aint-Bad and his work was featured on the cover of Vice Magazine’s 2017 Photography Issue. He occasionally performs, writes, and appears in some films, including Laurie Simmons’ feature, My Art.

Christopher Rauschenberg at Nine Gallery
2018-10-04 18:00 | Nine Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Christopher Rauschenberg, Exhibition of photographs taken in Vietnam
October 4 through 28, 2018
Nine Gallery
122 NW 8th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209 USA
503-225-0210
Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pm
503-225-0210
Nine Gallery will present an exhibition of photographs taken in Vietnam by Christopher Rauschenberg. There will be a reception from 6 to 9 pm, Thursday, October 4th.
For more information, more press images and/or press prints, contact:
Christopher Rauschenberg
503-236-2931 (talk or fax)
rberg@hevanet.com
