"Lethe is the river that cleanses Dante in Purgatory, the one that wipes memories of the dead as they drink from it or bathe in it. The poet Sylvia Plath steps up from 'the black car of Lethe, Pure as a baby'. It is an escape, a relief from our own physical limitations."In her collage-based […]
Artist and educator Lisa Jarrett explores embodiment by discussinginfluence, visibility, and possibility within Simpson's work
LightBox Photographic Gallery host the opening and artists’ reception of the LightBox Members Group Exhibit on Saturday, December 9th from 5-8 pm. LightBox members are a community of photographers and patrons that support the mission of the gallery to promote and educate in the photographic arts through exhibits, education, events and member gatherings. Members meet […]
Submission call for "Cascadia 2018" deadline extended to Dec. 10 at midnight A Traveling Exhibit Open to Oregon Photographers funded by The Ford Family Foundation Visual Arts Grant Deadline for submission of up to 3 jpgs has been extended to Dec. 10 Notification of jurors' results is Jan. 1, 2018 Deadline for shipping accepted prints […]
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’sBrown Bag Lunch Talk SeriesBill Finger's imagery examines such topics as space exploration, crime, and the fallibility of memory. With each series he looks to the thin line between fiction, reality, and photography. To create an image, he begins with the construction of a miniature diorama that is built specifically for […]
Portland, Oregon photographer Hillary Atiyeh Clements’ exhibit, “Chaos Theory”, is a new series of black and white double exposures. Atiyeh Clements notes, “Chaos Theory is a branch of science based on the law of sensitive dependence on initial conditions. Rooted in quantum theory and relativity its main premise states that small changes in initial conditions […]
Robert Frank is considered the inventor of street photography. With his method of sequencing and composing pictures in intuitive series beyond the traditional photographic essay, he has developed new forms of expression within the medium of photography.Despite Frank’s significant influence on photographers of his own and subsequent generations, there are only few exhibitions of his […]
Georgina Reskala, Residue of a VisionPDX CONTEMPORARY ART is delighted to introduce the newest addition to the gallery roster, Georgina Reskala, in “Residue of a Vision,” her first solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition will feature new photographic prints on gelatin silver paper and linen. Born and raised in Mexico, now living in Los […]
Wolff Gallery presents Generous Mystery by Dorothy Glenn, a series in which photography serves as a medium for self-exploration. Glenn turns the camera on herself, creating in-camera multiple exposures in addition to more straightforward yet delightfully surreal imagery. Through these methods, she embraces the experimentation, change, and uncertainty inherent to these processes that also mirror […]
A five-question survey was sent out to 30+ figures in the Portland photography community – photographers, gallerists, non-profit organization staff, curators, teachers – asking opinions on the state of the photography “scene” here in Portland at this given moment. What came back to us was a diverse perspective of opinion that will become the foundation […]
