Luke Olsen Photography

Josh Smith at Blue Sky Gallery
2019-09-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Josh Smith, The First Years
September 5–29, 2019First Thursday opening reception: September 5, 6:00–9:00 PMArtist talk with Josh Smith: Friday, September 6, 12:00 PM
Blue Sky Gallery 122 NW 8th AvenuePortland, Oregon 97209 USA503-225-0210Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pmFirst Thursday 6 – 9 pmbluesky@blueskygallery.orghttp://www.blueskygallery.org/All Blue Sky events and programs are free and open to the public.
Josh Smith documents the changes—both monumental and subtle, internal and external, and positive and negative—that come with parenthood in his series The First Years. Acting as a “family historian,” he uses photography as a tool to examine a new way of being and to explore the many contradictions that can exist within a family. Smith’s intimate black-and-white photos of his wife and two sons “serve as place markers for intangible moments of elation, fear, and confusion.”
“The unremitting demands of parenthood contained joy, tenderness, vulnerability, frustration, and fear all at once. The weight of being fully needed by our children afforded us a sense of purpose, but also denied us our autonomy and individuality. As we worked to understand our intricate new roles as parents, our relationship shifted, resulting in a new connection, but also a sense of estrangement.”
Josh Smith was born in Springfield, Missouri. He earned his MFA in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute, and has been living and working in the Bay Area since 2004. Throughout his career he has explored various photographic projects, with his most recent being a body of work exploring the dynamics of family. Smith has exhibited widely within the Bay Area and beyond, including at Stanford University, the a.Muse gallery in San Francisco, and SF Art Market. Smith is a photography instructor at Marin Academy and resides in Pacifica, California with his wife and two sons.

Michael Z. Taylor at University of Oregon Law School Gallery
2019-09-05 17:00 - 18:30 | University of Oregon School of Law, 1515 Agate St., Eugene, OR, 97403, United States
Michael Z. Taylor, Places and Things: A Road Trip
August 23, 2019 to January 3, 2020Reception: Thursday, Sept 5, 2019 – 5-6:30 pm
University of Oregon Law School Gallery (2d floor)1515 Agate St., Eugene, OR 97403Open 9 am to 8 pm
“Places and Things: A Road Trip” takes viewers on a journey from Oregon to Minnesota and captures the “charm” and the “mystery” of everyday America. The exhibit includes 30 color landscape photographs by local Eugene photographer Michael Z. Taylor at the UO School of Law.
Taylor’s photography is often inspired by his motorcycle travels across the Western states. For more than thirty years, he has immersed himself in sights, sounds, smell and touch of the country’s frontier.
“There is nothing more immediate about a place than its first impression,” said Taylor. “The expansiveness, the colors its unassuming nature – it all fascinates me.”
A public reception with the photographer will be held on Thursday, September 5 from 5 -6:30 pm.

Jennifer Thoreson at Blue Sky Gallery
2019-09-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Jennifer Thoreson, Testament
September 5–29, 2019First Thursday opening reception: September 5, 6:00–9:00 PMArtist talk with Jennifer Thoreson: Thursday, September 5, 5:00 PM
Blue Sky Gallery 122 NW 8th AvenuePortland, Oregon 97209 USA503-225-0210Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pmFirst Thursday 6 – 9 pmbluesky@blueskygallery.orghttp://www.blueskygallery.org/All Blue Sky events and programs are free and open to the public.
“I like to know and feel the moment where people fall apart, and saturate my work in it. I am seeking the moment of relief, and relishing in the moments just before it occurs.”
Jennifer Thoreson’s series Testament is an exploration of resilience, dependency, the burdens we carry as human beings, and the yearning for release. Set in a house that Thoreson rented for a year, the images manifest psychological struggles as vast, crawling sculptural masses, which the artist fabricated using materials such as wool, linen, clay, and human hair. Conceived through a spiritual lens, the photographs borrow symbolic language from the Bible. They take particular inspiration from Matthew 11:28, a verse that reads: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
The content of Thoreson’s images reflects her curiosity about human nature. She states, “I am attracted to vulnerability, to peeling back a skin that reveals something precious, dark, and tender. I am drawn to moments where people are on an edge, barely laced together, befriending disaster, remembering something, or exposing something.”
Jennfer Thoreson is a photographer and installation artist currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her artistic process includes fabricating abstract objects, arranging architectural spaces, and staging furnishings and models to create deeply personal and engaging pieces. Thoreson plays many roles, including photographer, teacher, lecturer, and mother. Her work has been shown in collections both nationally and internationally. Through her art, she invites the viewer into a process of self-renewal as she explores the intricacies of human relationships and the ways that brokenness can give way to redemption and healing.

Vera Saltzman at Camerawork Gallery
2019-08-31 09:00 - 18:00 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
Vera Saltzman, O Human Child
August 31st – September 27th, 2019
Camerawork Gallery301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR 97227Located in Lorenzen Conference Center – Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Campus.9am – 6pm, Monday-Saturday, Sunday, 10am-4pmFree off street parking available, Stair and elevator access, TriMet Routes 4, 24 and 44www.TheCameraworkGallery.orgwww.Facebook.com/cameraworkgallery503-701-5347Event is free and open to the public
Award winning Canadian photographer, Vera Saltzman, notes, “My impetus for the series “O Human Child” came out of a desire to better understand the place I currently find myself, rural Saskatchewan. I turned to W.O. Mitchell’s 1947 novel, Who Has Seen The Wind, hoping his words would help me gain a sense of the Saskatchewan identity. Through stories of everyday events, Mitchell writes of a young boy trying to make sense of life, death, and God and addressing universal themes in an authentic Canadian “prairie voice”.
“As I read Mitchell’s novel I began to question what life is like for children living in small prairie communities today. How do community and landscape shape their personal identity and sense of place? In a time when the online world has opened up for communication, learning, and entertainment, when family farms morph into commercial operations, and rural communities shrink with migration to urban areas, how will their childhood landscape impact them as adults?”
Her exhibit, “O Human Child” showcases portraits of children who live in rural Saskatchewan of a similar age (between ages 4 and 11) to those in Who Has Seen the Wind. The children are photographed in their own environments: in small towns or rural communities, on First Nations Territory and farms. In creating this series, Saltzman is taking a contemporary look at children growing up in rural Saskatchewan, considering how the tensions and complexities of childhood today both contrast and mirror those of Mitchell’s time.
Saltzman’s technique for posing her subjects was to recall historical portraits of unsmiling children—perhaps news or social documentary portraits—taken in austere situations. The children are looking directly into the camera, clear eyed, and invite the viewer to reflect on the issues today’s youth grapple with in rural Saskatchewan. Vera describes one scene where Kennedi is standing in front of the town school that has been closed due to low enrolment figures, and it’s perhaps this—her sparse environment and lack of opportunity, her navigation from a child in the moment to a young lass who must think about her future—that defines this stoic defiance. It’s a beautiful portrait, celebrating the strength of youth, but not without melancholia, for which the black and white treatment is a perfect metaphor. Life marches on relentlessly, but progress can seem to be stagnant sometimes.” * *Life Framer, Photography Platform and Awards www.life-framer.com/youthhood2018/
The title of the exhibition comes from the refrain of the 1886 W.B. Yeats poem “The Stolen Child”. The poem is about the fairy tales we tell children to shield them from the harshness of the world—in this case the loss of a younger sibling.
Come away, O human child!To the waters and the wildWith a faery, hand in hand, For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.
Canadian photographer Vera Saltzman focuses her attention on issues of identity and the development of a “sense of place,” the passage of time, and the fragility of life. She currently lives in Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan.
Saltzman received two Applied Arts Awards for creative excellence. Her series “O Human Child” was a finalist for the internationally recognized Julia Margaret Cameron Award and a Top 200 Finalist in the Photolucidia Critical Mass Awards. Images from the series have been shown at the 5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography, Barcelona, Spain and at The Fence 2018, Calgary, Canada. Also, from the series the image Samuel is currently touring with the Fotofilmic18 Exhibition to Vancouver, Los Angeles and South Korea.
Her images have been published regionally, nationally and internationally including Ottawa Magazine, Black & White Photography Magazine, British Journal of Photography, Photo Life, Seites, The Hand and Shots. The Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design selected her work for their Top 100 publication. Her work has also been included in a number of online sites including Lenscratch, The Atlantic and Square Magazine. Saltzman’s works are part of the permanent collections of the Saskatchewan Arts Board, the Art Gallery of Moose Jaw and Canada’s capital city of Ottawa. Vera Saltzman is represented by Slate Fine Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman at the Portland Art Museum
2019-08-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman, Still Wet from the Cocoon…Photographic Collaboration as Ecosystem
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’sBrown Bag Lunch Talk Series
Wednesday, August 21st, 2019, 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)
Collaborators Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman weave history, myth and popular culture into photographic narratives that investigate human experience and explore the physical and social landscape. Their collaboration is an ongoing conversation that began in the late 1970s when the two artists met as students at the Institute of Design at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois. They share a studio in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where they continue to develop projects that probe interdependent and mutable narratives.
Ciurej and Lochman exhibit widely nationally and internationally with work currently on view at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago. Collaborative artwork is in private and public collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, Walker Art Center, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Milwaukee Art Museum, Worcester Art Museum and the Yale Center for British Art.

Gregory Sullivan at Pushdot Studio
2019-08-12 08:30 - 17:00 | Pushdot Studio, 2505 SE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Gregory Sullivan, Pollution of Night
Open/Close: Now – September 27th, 2019
Pushdot Studio2505 SE 11th Avenue, Suite 104 (in the Ford Building, enter on Division Street)Portland, OR 97202503.224.5925 www.pushdotstudio.comMon-Fri. 8:30am to 5:00pm, free admission
“Pollution of Night” is series of images from Gregory Sullivan’s recent exploration of the light that illuminates a city at night. In it he examines the interaction of different light types, color temperatures and intensities throughout light industrial areas of Portland, OR. This mixture contributes to the ‘glow’ of the city. Light pollution functions to safeguard people and property and allows for safer navigation of cities at night. But as a consequence, it also blocks out the night sky and further distances us from the natural world. An experienced outdoor photographer, in this series Greg applies his landscape aesthetic to abandoned cityscapes to stunning result.
Gregory Sullivan is a Portland, OR based photographer. He began studying photography in 1990 at Pitzer College in Claremont, CA and subsequently earned his AA in Photography from Mt. Hood Community College in Portland, OR. He has had solo exhibitions in California and Oregon. In 2018 he self-published a magazine, also titled “Pollution of Night,” featuring images from this series.

Extending Tradition 2 at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2019-08-10 17:00 - 20:00 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
Extending Tradition 2
August 10 – September 10, 2019Artists’ Opening Reception: Saturday, August 10, 5-8pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery1045 Marine Dr.Astoria, OR 97103(503) 468-0238lightbox-photographic.com
LightBox Photographic Gallery will host the artists’ opening reception of Extending Tradition 2 on Saturday, August 10th, from 5-8pm. Thirty-six photographers will show work in this exhibit celebrating the traditional approach and beauty of large format film photography.

Congratulations to the Photographers of Extending Tradition 2
Ritch Winokur • Rory Earnshaw • Patrick Whitaker • Walt O’BrienRonald Butler • Jason Biehner • Ray Bidegain • Tom CaplesJoseph Deiss • Ryan Gillespie • Rich Bergeman • Jim FitzgeraldSusan Huber • Domenico Foschi • Mat Hughes • Jan BecketChristoph Kapeller • Gene Tonry • Denise Ross • Donald McDonaldHolden Richards • Gary Samson • Greg Roth • David King Rowe IVTerry Thompson • Brian C. Winters • Tyler Boley • Shannon StoneyRay Van Ness • Rosemary Jesionowski • Jim Kipfer • Brian SpiesKelly James • Karey Walter • Dan McCormack • Steven Ballinger
In Extending Tradition 2 LightBox celebrates the work of photographers shooting with large format film or plates, generally 4 x 5 inches and larger, giving recognition to those whose interest and talent follow the masterful path of traditional large format film photography. This is the second time LightBox features the work of photographers using the traditional tools and methods from the early days of photography. These photographers find reward in the practice and their work method is disciplined and results in distinctively unique photographs. The Exhibit includes many styles of imagery and prints in many processes from Pigment Ink to all analog processes, such as Silver Gelatin and other varied Alternative Processes.
LightBox was honored to have Stu Levy as juror for the exhibit. Stu Levy was one of the founders of the Photography Council of the Portland Art Museum and was the Council President from 2003 to 2006. He is also on the Board of Directors of Photolucida and the Pacific Northwest Photographers Archive. Stu studied with Ansel Adams and was an assistant instructor for Ansel’s worksops in Yosemite and Carmel, and also taught at the Ansel Adams Gallery Workshops. Stu lives in Portland, Oregon, and teaches photography workshops on the Oregon Coast.
“Extending Tradition 2” will be on display in the gallery through September 10th. 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.

Harley Cowan at Camerawork Gallery
2019-08-09 18:30 - 19:30 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
Harley Cowan, The Manhattan Project
August 3 – August 30, 2019Artist Talk, Friday, August 9, 6:30pm-7:30pm Reception following 7:30pm-8:30pm
Camerawork Gallery301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR 97227Located in Lorenzen Conference Center – Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Campus.9am – 6pm, Monday-Saturday, Sunday, 10am-4pmFree off street parking available, Stair and elevator access, TriMet Routes 4, 24 and 44www.TheCameraworkGallery.orgwww.Facebook.com/cameraworkgallery503-701-5347Event is free and open to the public
Portland, Oregon photographer Harley Cowan notes, “I travel to historically significant but largely unrecorded sites throughout the Pacific Northwest to interpret and record architectural and engineering heritage with a large format camera. For the past century, this has been the traditional tool for making architectural photography because it allows for in-camera perspective correction, its sheet film provides greater resolution than any other source, and it remains the only way to satisfy a 500-year archival standard required by the Library of Congress.
“There was a time when photographers established themselves with work produced for a private or federal documentation program such as the Farm Security Administration or Works Progress Administration. Unlike other New Deal programs following the Great Depression, there are three federal documentation programs which are on-going and active today. They continue to follow strict guidelines for black & white, large format, film photography. The Historic American Buildings Survey was established in 1933 as a joint venture between the National Park Service, the American Institute of Architects, and the Library of Congress as a way preserve American built history. Historic American Engineering Record was added in 1969 to record American industry and infrastructure. The Historic American Landscapes Survey was created in 2000. As a contemporary photographer, I believe early practice within these programs provides a valuable foundation upon which to build.“I grew up in Richland, Washington next to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. B Reactor, brainchild of physicist Enrico Fermi, completed in 1944 as part of the Manhattan Project, was the world’s first full-scale nuclear reactor which produced plutonium for the Trinity Test at Los Alamos, New Mexico and the Fat Man bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. Arguably the greatest engineering feat of the 20th Century, and the most terrible, a Promethean altar of science, it has long held a fascination. Photo documentation first began in 2017, when I was granted a research fellowship and four days of access to the Hanford Reservation and B Reactor.”
Harley Cowan is a photographer based in Portland, Oregon. He is a Richland, Washington native. He is also a practicing architect. His interest in large format photography led to a research fellowship in heritage documentation and preservation with work in the Library of Congress. Earlier this year, Cowan was inducted into the Atomic Photographers Guild, an international collective of photographers founded in 1987, dedicated to making visible all aspects of the nuclear age. He is its 38th member.
Cowan won the 2018 Access Award from the Vernacular Architecture Forum. He was a speaker for the 2018 Photography Council’s Brown Bag Lecture Series at the Portland Art Museum. He has lectured before University of Oregon’s Historic Preservation Program, DoCoMoMo Oregon, the Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School, and the Society of Architectural Historians at their 2017 conference in Victoria, B.C. In September of 2018, he was the Artist-in-Residence at Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve.
His work is published in SAH Archipedia, an online encyclopedia of historic sites by the Society of Architectural Historians, and in print with the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation quarterly magazine This Place, Washington State University’s alumni quarterly Washington State Magazine, and the Atomic Heritage Foundation’s publication A Guide to the Manhattan Project in Washington State. His photography has been the subject of articles by the Portland Business Tribune and the Tri-City Herald.
He worked with the National Park Service to create a solo exhibition titled “Architecture of the Manhattan Project” currently on display at the Olive Gallery at the Manhattan Project National Historical Park visitor center at Hanford. His Manhattan Project portfolio was the subject of a solo photography exhibition on the 75th anniversary of the Manhattan Project at Allied Arts / Gallery at the Park in Richland, Washington. It was featured in the 2018-19 Pacific Northwest Viewing Drawers at Blue Sky Gallery and Center for the Photographic Arts in Portland, Oregon and a finalist in Photolucida’s Critical Mass. Juries selected photographs for representation in the “Life In Analog” national exhibition of film photography at Fort Works Art in Fort Worth, Texas, the “Lyceum Portland” group show of silver gelatin and alternative process prints at Jailhouse Studios in Portland, Oregon, and the “PDX 30” group show at LightBox Gallery in Astoria, Oregon.
A graduate of Washington State University, for eight years, Cowan was a member of the Professional Advisory Board for its School of Design & Construction. Early in his career, he spent six years working in nuclear industry. His studies also took him to Far Eastern State Technical University in Vladivostok, Russia where he was the first and only western student to attend.

The Photography of Terry Toedtemeier panel discussion at the Portland Art Museum
2019-08-04 14:00 - 15:30 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Panel Discussion: Sun, Shadows, Stone: The Photography of Terry Toedtemeier
Sunday, August 4, 2PMWhitsell Auditorium, Portland Art Museum1219 SW Park AvenuePortland, OR 97205503-226-2811portlandartmuseum.org
Free for museum members, or included with museum admission for guestsTickets ($20) may be reserved on site or online:https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/panel-discussion-the-photography-of-terry-toedtemeier/?instance_id=30759
Celebrate the final day of the exhibition Sun, Shadows, Stone: The Photography of Terry Toedtemeier with a discussion of Toedtemeier’s significant contributions to the field of American landscape photography. Panelists will also consider his meaningful curatorial legacy that continues to influence the Museum’s photography collection and exhibition program.
Panelists:Rock Hushka, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Tacoma Art MuseumJulia Dolan, The Minor White Curator of Photography, Portland Art MuseumToby Jurovics, Chief Curator and Holland Curator of American Western Art, Joslyn Art Museum, OmahaSandra Phillips, Curator Emerita of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtPrudence Roberts, art historian, Toedtemeier’s spouse, recently retired Professor of Art History and the Director of the Helzer Art Gallery, Portland Community College, and former Curator of American Art, Portland Art Museum
Sponsored by The Kinsman Foundation

Anton Gautama at Blue Sky Gallery
2019-08-03 15:00 - 17:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Anton Gautama, Home Sweet Home
August 1 – September 1, 2019First Thursday opening reception: August 1, 6:00–9:00 PMArtist talk with Anton Gautama: Saturday, August 3, 3:00 PM
Blue Sky Gallery 122 NW 8th AvenuePortland, Oregon 97209 USA503-225-0210Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pmFirst Thursday 6 – 9 pmbluesky@blueskygallery.orghttp://www.blueskygallery.org/All Blue Sky events and programs are free and open to the public.
What is a home? To many Chinese-Indonesians, home is not simply a structure—it is physical evidence of their aspirations, struggles, and love.
While photographing for his first book, Pabean Passage, Anton Gautama grew fascinated by the blend of Chinese and Indonesian cultures he found inside the homes of East Java. Born as a third-generation Chinese-Indonesian, Gautama felt the “air of familiarity” of his own upbringing reflected in front of him and he became inspired to document and explore this shared cultural heritage.
“There is a story in each frame, hopes and dreams embedded and encrypted beneath the layers ofobjects that fill the space,” he says. “They tell the stories about love, opportunities, challenges, laughter, and tears of those who have called them home.”
Anton Gautama was born in 1969 in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. He is currently based in Surabaya, where he works professionally as a documentary photographer. Gautama earned a Master’s in Business Administration from Hawaii Pacific University. His photographs have been featured in online and print magazines, including LensCulture and National Geographic. Gautama’s work has also been shown in solo exhibitions at the Goethe Institute in Jakarta, and at the Indonesian Institute of Art in Jogjakarta.

Christos J. Palios at Blue Sky Gallery
2019-08-01 17:00 - 18:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Christos J. Palios, Conversations
August 1 – September 1, 2019First Thursday opening reception: August 1, 6:00–9:00 PMArtist talk: Thursday, August 1, 5:00 PM
Blue Sky Gallery 122 NW 8th AvenuePortland, Oregon 97209 USA503-225-0210Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pmFirst Thursday 6 – 9 pmbluesky@blueskygallery.orghttp://www.blueskygallery.org/All Blue Sky events and programs are free and open to the public.
Meals have traditionally been a time for connection. The table is seen as a space to share time with family and friends, to relax, and to bond. Cell phones have changed this aspect of culture fundamentally.
Christos J. Palios explores the paradox of isolation due to social networking in his photographic series Conversations. “I contemplate the indomitable implications technology has on the efficacy of human interaction and communication. How do our persistent networks and unremitting digital engagement impact our presence in a social sphere? Do they deepen our awareness of our surroundings or dampen them by over-sensitization?”
Palios’ large-scale photographs of shared meals throughout Greece and America use the universal language of food to raise equally universal questions about community and engagement in the digital age.
Christos J. Palios was raised as a first-generation Greek-American. His practice originated in design and animation, and he earned a BFA degree from the University of Maryland. Palios is currently based in Baltimore, Maryland, where he has pursued art full-time since 2006. His work explores themes of identity, connection, and memory and isolation within a variety of environments, including remote and often inaccessible spaces.

The Seattle Library After Hours, Photo Outing with PCPDX
2019-07-27 17:00 - 19:00 | The Seattle Library, 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98104, United States
PCPDX presents: The Seattle Library After Hours, Photo Outing
July 27th, 2019, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
The Seattle Library1000 4th AvenueSeattle, WA, 98104https://www.photoclubpdx.com/storemember $10 / non-member $30
Join PCPDX for Seattle Library after-hours! We will have the special opportunity to photograph the Seattle Library at our leisure.
Curious WHY we are going all of the way to Seattle to go to the library!?Check out the link to the tickets and watch some of the videos that give away the incredible architecture and design of this library!
Tickets are on sale now for the 1st 30 photographers who register! An email confirmation will come to your inbox this Friday with more detailed information. Take advantage of this amazing opportunity if you can! Otherwise share it out to your photographer friends! They will thank you!

Nancy Floyd at Blue Sky Gallery
2019-07-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Nancy Floyd, Weathering Time
July 3–28, 2019First Wednesday* opening reception: July 3, 6:00–9:00 PMArtist talk: Saturday, July 27, 3:00 PM*Blue Sky will be closed on Thursday, July 4th
Blue Sky Gallery 122 NW 8th AvenuePortland, Oregon 97209 USA503-225-0210Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pmFirst Thursday 6 – 9 pmbluesky@blueskygallery.orghttp://www.blueskygallery.org/All Blue Sky events and programs are free and open to the public.
“I am interested in the aging female body, the passage of time, and loss. I use photography and video to address the ways in which lens-based media can connect deeply with experience and memory. I wish to make art that delights, while also leaving space for contemplation.”
Nancy Floyd has been photographing herself almost daily since 1982, often posing alone but sometimes with family and friends. On days when she doesn’t make an image, she advances the film in her camera by one frame on her monthly roll of film. In its entirety, Weathering Time consists of 2,500+ black-and-white photographs that document the artist’s personal journey from her early adulthood to the present, while also reflecting the cultural, technological, and physical changes affecting others in Floyd’s generation over the past 37 years. She writes, “As time passes, births, deaths, celebrations, and bad days happen. Pets come and go, fashions and hairstyles evolve, typewriters, analog clocks, and telephones with cords disappear; film gives way to digital, and the computer replaces the darkroom.”
Nancy Floyd has been an exhibiting artist for over thirty years. She has received numerous grants and awards including a 2016 CUE Art Foundation Fellowship, a 2015 Society for Photographic Education Future Focus Project Support Grant, and a 2014 John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award. Temple University Press published her first book, She’s Got a Gun, in 2008. Floyd’s work has been exhibited in numerous venues including Solomon Projects, and Flux Projects (Atlanta, GA); the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center; White Columns (New York, NY); and the California Museum of Photography (Riverside, CA). Since 2009, her work has been part of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Archive at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. Floyd has exhibited her current project, Weathering Time, at Whitespace Gallery in Atlanta, and the CUE Art Foundation Gallery in New York City. Floyd holds an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. She lives in Bend, Oregon.

Jim Lommasson: Book Talk and Signing at Blue Sky Gallery
2019-07-20 15:00 - 16:30 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Jim Lommasson: Book Talk and SigningWhat We Carried: Fragments and Memories from the Cradle of Civilization
Saturday, July 20, 3:00-4:30 PM
Blue Sky Gallery122 NW 8th AvenuePortland, Oregon 97209 USA503-225-0210(Free and open to the public)
Jim Lommasson will discuss his new book, What We Carried: Fragments and Memories from the Cradle of Civilization, a collaborative photography and writing storytelling project with Iraqi and Syrian refugees who have fled their homeland because of war.
Jim will read participant’s stories, discuss the making of the book, and sign copies of What We Carried.Jim began working on his What We Carried project in 2010 while completing his Exit Wounds: Soldiers’ Stories – Life After Iraq and Afghanistan traveling show and book about returning solders from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Lommasson invites Iraqi and Syrian refugees who have fled to the U.S. to write their own personal stories directly on Lommasson’s photographs of objects that they carried with them on their long and complicated journeys to America. The stories speak to much more than the object. The luminous inner life of these ordinary things are a testament to the unspeakable anguish of a life left forever behind. Ordinary objects become sacred objects.
What We Carried has received national and international attention. The traveling What We Carried exhibition is currently on view at The Ellis Island National Immigration Museum through September 2, 2019.What We Carried: Fragments and Memories from the Cradle of Civilization will be available for purchase at the event.
To see more about What We Carried: https://whatwecarried.com/

Katharine T. Jacobs at the Portland Art Museum
2019-07-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Katharine T. Jacobs, Fixation: New Work about a New Life
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’sBrown Bag Lunch Talk Series
Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 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)
Photographer and fine artist Katharine T. Jacobs will discuss how art making and photography have helped her keep her head above water. After the birth of her daughter, a devastating diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, and leaving an abusive marriage, her conceptual work has evolved over the past two years. Katharine uses photography as art therapy to communicate her struggles and her humanness. Come and hear the layers of her process and the details of her life.
Earlier this year I participated in an eye study for Multiple Sclerosis research. During a particularly difficult part of the four-hour, tedious testing session, the ophthalmologist complimented me on how efficient I was, stating, , “Wow you are so great at fixating”. This seemingly meaningless compliment had a profound effect on me.Previously,the term “fixate” had only been used negatively by partners in response to my need for more details. Having spent the last 8 years in an emotionally and verbally abusive relationship, I was often gas lit out of my questions and concerns. “Stop fixating!” on this or that became a common statement in my relationship. I came to believe that I was the problem, that my inquisitive nature and craving for knowledge was and unattractive quality that needed to be stifled. So, I tried to control my urges to pry, and I fixated in silence.I make large format film portraits that reflect my life experience. Many of my portraits were made in response to my symptoms and struggles living with Multiple Sclerosis. Additionally, images were subconsciously and consciously made throughout the dissolution of my marriage and single motherhood. My portraits are inspired by love and loss, physical and emotional pain, coping with living with a chronic illness and craving intimacy after years of abuse.
My background in Craft influences me to make work with intention. I employ a variety of traditional and alternative photographic techniques to showcase skill while still embracing the element of the handmade. Nearly every element of my practice is derived from concept and enriched with vulnerability. For these reasons my photography and my practice are unique and intimate.
Originally from the rural foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Katharine T. Jacobs began her education at California College of the Arts in Oakland, California, where she learned to shoot with a large format camera and discovered Polaroid type 55 film. In 2007 she moved to Portland, purchased her own 4×5 camera and started photographing friends, family and countless strangers while attending Oregon College of Art and Craft. Her focus in street photography and large format shooting inspired her journey across the United States and the production of American Strangers, her largest body of work to date.
While living in Portland, she co-founded Jailhouse Studios and actively participated in Lyceum, the photography collective.
Katharine now lives and works in Mokelumne Hill, California, and is a graduate student at San Jose State University.

The Members Summer Showcase at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2019-07-13 17:00 - 20:00 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
The Members Summer Showcase
July 13 – August 6, 2019Artists’ Opening Reception: Saturday, July 13, 5-8pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery1045 Marine Dr.Astoria, OR 97103(503) 468-0238lightbox-photographic.com
LightBox Photographic Gallery hosts the opening and artists’ reception of The Members Summer Showcase on Saturday, July 13, 2019 from 5-8pm. The Members Summer Showcase exhibits work produced by the supporting Members of Lightbox Photographic Gallery. Thirty-nine photographers will be showing work in this exhibit.
Thank You to the LightBox Members contributing work to this exhibit
Mike Demkowicz • Robert DiFranco • Eddie Greenly • George JohnsonJoni Kabana • Peter Karnig • Ann Kendellen • Laura KurtenbachJulie Moore • Walt O`Brien • Michael Puff • David Schaerer • Jon LingelKathleen & Terry Thompson • Mickey Anderson • RL Potts • Sam BlairEleanor Gorman • Jim Congleton • Roger Dorband • Jim FitzgeraldRich Bergeman • Friderike Heuer • Ken Hochfeld • Bob LevineDonald MacDonald • Jody Miller • Chester Ng • John RitchieDenise Ross • Rachel Wolf • David White • Byron Will • June S. ReylaGeorge Willse • Mark Wiltrakis • Ryan Gillespie • Logan Clark
We thank our LightBox Members for the support and community interest which allows us to continue our mission.
We have opened the walls of the gallery to the members for the Month of July.
Last month LightBox celebrated their 10th Anniversary. LightBox opened in Astoria on June 13, 2009 when Chelsea and Michael Granger established the venue to educate in the photographic arts. Having hosted over 125 exhibits since opening, LightBox has become an important Northwest photographic resource, exhibiting national and regional artists’ with exhibits of fine photography, conducting artists’ presentations and workshops, all as part of their goal to provide a center for the promotion of creative and alternative photography on the North Coast of Oregon.
The The Members Summer Showcase runs from July 13th until August 6th. LightBox offers memberships as a way of becoming part of the community of supporters that help to further the mission of the gallery. LightBox provides fine art reproduction, restorations, photographic printing, and other photographic services. LightBox is located at 1045 Marine Drive in Astoria, hours are Tuesday – Saturday 11 – 5:30. Contact LightBox at 503-468-0238 or at info@lightbox-photographic.com, and visit lightbox-photographic.com for more info and to enjoy past, current and upcoming exhibits.

Grady Tarbutton at The O’Brien Photo Gallery
2019-07-13 16:00 - 18:00 | The O’Brien Photo Gallery, 2833 Willamette, Ste. B, Eugene, OR, 97405, United States
Grady Tarbutton
The show runs from July 13th – September 12thArtist reception is July 13th from 4-6 pm
The O’Brien Photo Gallery2833 Willamette, Ste. B.Eugene, OR. 97405(541) 729-3572Open Tue – Fri; 1-5 pm. Call to be sure we’re openemail: waltobrien1945@gmail.comwebsite: https://www.waltobrien.net/the-o-brien-photo-gallery
Grady Tarbutton, Photographer and member of The PhotoZone Gallery.
I retired in 2015 from a long career in public service. My career was very challenging and satisfying, but I put my artistic self to one side. But I had not forgotten thatI have always expressed myself through photography, especially when I was younger, but continued it outside of work and family responsibilities. That became my answer to “What’s Next?”
My emphasis is – as always – the creation of fine art images that look beyond the surface to reveal the dynamism, power and beauty of this world. I look to immerse people emotionally and aesthetically in it. This series is titled “Rock and Concrete.” These photographs contrast ancient Native American rock art (approximately 1600 to 12,000 years old) with modern creations.In the end, both are mankind’s temporary expressions. What will remain in 500 years? 10,000?
These photos are reflections on different cultural values and expressions from two world-views, with one perhaps more durable than the other.
See other Images on the PhotoZone site: https://www.photozonegallery.com/grady-tarbutton.

The Meaningful portrait and the studio nude workshop with Ray Bidegain
2019-07-13 10:00 - 17:00 | OR
Ray Bidegain, The Meaningful portrait and the studio nude workshop
July 13, 2019 10am-5pm
295.00
https://www.raybidegain.com/study-photography-2/the-meaningful-portrait-and-the-studio-nude2
Spend the day working in a beautiful daylight studio with photographer Ray Bidegain. During this 4 hour workshop we will explore making portraits in natural light that transcend beyond the identity of the model to make meaningful works of art. We will challenge ourselves to make photographs working with a professional nude model to make work that is both contemporary and classical at the same time. We will embrace beauty every step of the way and well-seen photographs will be our goal. There will be 2 sessions for the day with a short lunch break so a packed lunch is in order. This class is limited to 6 students to be sure everyone has time to make the work that is in their hearts.
Topics for the day will include:• pose and gesture• mood• concept and ideas• lighting• working with models, amateur and professional• finding models to work with and space to rent for projects
A critique session will be scheduled in the weeks following the session for anyone who would like feedback on the work they have made.

Deb Stoner at Lan Su Chinese Gardens
2019-07-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 Northwest Everett Street, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Deb Stoner, Still Life Garden Photographs
June 1 through July 31, 2019
Lan Su Chinese Gardens239 NW Everett StPortland, OR 97209503.228.8131Open every day 10am-7pm Lan Su Members Free, otherwise entrance fee is $12.95 Adults;$11.95 Seniors; $9.95 Students; Children five and under are free
And here’s a tip: if you live in Clackamas or Washington County, and have a library card, investigate their Cultural Pass program, good for entrance at many places including Lan Su Gardens. (Multnomah County has this program as well, but their summer passes are already used at this point.) Thank you to our fantastic tri-county library system!
https://lansugarden.org/things-to-do/art-exhibition
Deb Stoner’s work in still life photography involves making complex visual constructs using the flora and small fauna of specific places. She is drawn to imperfections in the natural world and seeks tiny ephemeral events to choreograph in real time. Composed on a flatbed scanner, the work becomes a rich and beautiful visual narrative as Deb examines highly magnified details of natural forms.
Here’s what Deb says this exhibit is about:
“Working from flowers from places like Lan Su Garden is such a joy. The lotus blossom photograph came about after I asked about being able to cut a stem to work with. Mandy, the gardener in charge, invited me to Lan Su Garden’s greenhouse where there were several still blooming. She said that I’d have to work quickly as the petals on the blossom would fall off soon after being cut. The additional challenge with a flower as large and heavy as the lotus is working against gravity as it lays on the scanner glass while I work. There are no secrets really, just a careful arranging of the beautiful flora, working quickly to capture it before the whole thing falls apart, or more accurately, before it loses turgor and collapses onto the scanner glass. During November during Lan Su’s chrysanthemum festival “Mumvember”, I arrived at the greenhouse to see hundreds of chrysanthemums all in pots, arranged by variety, but to me, arranged by color and shape. Overwhelmed, I asked Mandy to cut me a dozen or so small flowers in various stages of bloom that I then took home to photograph. Beautiful! Many thanks to the generosity of Lan Su Garden as they shared their flowers, or as I like to think of them, art materials.”
On Friday July 12, 2-4pm, Deb will be demonstrating her scanner technique in a drop by session in the Scholar’s Study, surrounded by her large scale still life photographs. Entrance is included with admission.https://lansugarden.org/things-to-do/events/art-demonstration2/
https://www.debstoner.com/
Deb Stoner holds an MFA in Applied Design from San Diego State University, a BS in Geology from UC Davis, and a decades long teaching career at Oregon College of Art and Craft. Recently she presented lectures on photography to the Yuma Symposium, the Portland Art Museum, the SPE NW Regional Conference; had solo photography shows in 2019, 2017, 2016 and 2015; numerous group shows; work in the permanent public art collections at University of Oregon, OHSU, PCC, and Portland International Airport; is the recipient of grants, an Oregon Arts Fellowship, and a recent residency; and sells work to enthusiastic collectors.

Barbara Peacock at Blue Sky Gallery
2019-07-03 17:00 - 18:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Barbara Peacock, American Bedroom
July 3–28, 2019First Wednesday* opening reception: July 3, 6:00–9:00 PMArtist talk: Wednesday, July 3, 5:00 PM*Blue Sky will be closed on Thursday, July 4th
Blue Sky Gallery 122 NW 8th AvenuePortland, Oregon 97209 USA503-225-0210Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pmFirst Thursday 6 – 9 pmbluesky@blueskygallery.orghttp://www.blueskygallery.org/All Blue Sky events and programs are free and open to the public.
American Bedroom is a cultural and anthropological study of Americans in their most private and intimate spaces: their bedrooms. In these large-scale environmental portraits, photographer Barbara Peacock captures a range of living conditions and ways of life that make up the current American experience. However, these images are more than photographic documents of a historical moment. As Peacock notes, “These [are] portraits of individuals, couples, and families that reveal the depth of their character and spirit.”
Barbara Peacock is a fine art and commercial photographer based in Portland, Maine. She studied fine arts at Boston University and photography and filmmaking at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. She is a 2017 Getty Editorial Grant Winner for her project American Bedroom. Peacock published her first monograph, Hometown, in 2015, which is a thirty-year photographic study of her small New England hometown.

Joseph Meacham at Camerawork Gallery
2019-06-29 09:00 - 18:00 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
Joseph Meacham, EFFIGY: Ghosts of Asbury Park
June 29 – August 2, 2019
Camerawork Gallery301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR 97227Located in Lorenzen Conference Center – Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Campus.9am – 6pm, Monday-Saturday, Sunday, 10am-4pmFree off street parking available, Stair and elevator access, TriMet Routes 4, 24 and 44www.TheCameraworkGallery.orgwww.Facebook.com/cameraworkgallery503-701-5347Event is free and open to the public
Rarely seen images of Asbury Park, from the mid-1970s by New Jersey artist and photographer Joseph Meacham, reemerge after more than four decades in his personal archive. ”EFFIGY: Ghosts of Asbury Park” includes 15 images of the collection never shown on the West Coast, and is a personal metaphor embracing a close look at the tough times this shore town saw following the race riots of 1970 and the economic, political and social malaise of 1970’s America.
About his 1970s photographs from Asbury Park Meacham notes, “The place had become a ghost town, but no one told the ghosts. I would return again and again with my old camera to what remained of this sideshow of a city. I felt like the only one eating stale popcorn in the bleachers; watching the actors that couldn’t make eye contact—and I could not look away. I’m happy that today these images stand in stark contrast to the vibrant, creative community Asbury Park has become.”
Joseph Meacham grew up working and photographing in and around Asbury Park. As an adolescent he worked building surfboards in a factory that was also home to Bruce Springsteen and members of his bar band “Steel Mill”. In the 1970s he studied photography with Ray K. Metzger at what’s now the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and later received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI. Mr. Meacham has exhibited work and lectured throughout the United States and spends time between New York City, Philadelphia and his home in New Jersey. www.JosephMeacham.com

Call for Entry - PhotoZone's 31st Annual Juried Show
2019-06-29 08:00 - 17:00 | Emerald Art Center, 500 Main St., Springfield, OR, 97477, United States
Call for Entry – PhotoZone’s 31st Annual Juried Show
Submission Dates: June 29th and June 30thThis submission is made in person only. Prints are brought in by hand, framed and ready to hang (see below).
Two Delivery Locations: The Emerald Art Center500 Main Street, SpringfieldSaturday June 29th or Sunday June 30th from 11 – 4 each day The Siuslaw Public Library1460 Ninth StreetFlorence, OregonSaturday only – June 29th from 11-4.
Cash Prizes First Prize $300Second Prize $200Third Prize $100Plus other prizes from our business sponsors
Bring prints framed with hanging wire only (no tape and string or sawtooth hangers)Size limit 36 inch frame, longest dimensionLimit 2 prints per person – Fee due on delivery One for $15 or Two for $25Cash or Check only. Show location
Juried Show Exhibit July 3rd – August 2nd, 2019Opening Reception Friday July 12th at The Emerald Art Center from 5 – 8 pm500 Main Street in Springfield. Refreshments will be served.Gallery Hours Tue. – Sat. 11:00 – 4:00 For complete entry instructions visit the PhotoZone Blogspot at: http://photozonegallery.blogspot.comemail for info: photozonegalleryoregon@gmail.comCall: 541 729 3572Website: http://members.efn.org/~fotozone/

Dawn Surratt at the Portland Art Museum
2019-06-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Dawn Surratt, Art and Death; The Human Universals
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’sBrown Bag Lunch Talk Series
Wednesday, June 19th, 2019, 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)
Working as a hospice social worker shaped Dawn Surratt’s worldview, her values, and her visual perspective. Please join her as she speaks about her experience of making art after working with dying people for over 22 years.
Dawn Surratt earned a B.A. in Studio Arts from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro and a Bachelor and master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Georgia. Her years of work with dying patients in hospice settings is the backbone of her imagery. Surratt’s photographs, with photo-based book structures, installations, and objects are visual meditations exploring concepts of grief, transition, healing and spirituality.
Her work has been widely shown and is held in private and permanent collections across the United States. She is a 2016 Critical Mass Finalist and a 2018 nominee for the Royal Photography Society’s 100 Heroines.
She is a full-time artist living in rural North Carolina with her husband.

Oliver Klink workshop hosted by Camerawork Gallery
2019-06-09 10:00 - 14:00 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
“Turning your travel photography into Fine Art Images. Get Ready and Inspired!”Workshop with professional photographer Oliver Klink hosted by Camerawork Gallery
June 9, 2019 (10AM – 2PM)
Camerawork Gallery301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR 97227Located in Lorenzen Conference Center – Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Campus.Free off street parking available, Stair and elevator access, TriMet Routes 4, 24 and 44www.TheCameraworkGallery.orgwww.Facebook.com/cameraworkgallery503-701-5347
Workshop price: $79Register at: https://www.incredibletravelphotos.com/2019-Workshops/2019-1-Day-Workshops/1DayTravelREADY/
Synopsis: The workshop retraces the steps Oliver Klink took to progress from an avid travel photographer to one who delivers meaningful messages thru storytelling and compelling images. Klink will discuss his “breakthroughs”, the technical choices he made to be recognized as one of the best printmakers, the power of making images of personal nature, working on “hero shots” versus a longterm project, how “compelling and different the world of the art is” and be able to embrace it. The format is lecture style, with Q&A at the end of each segments.
Topics covered: Segment 1: You don’t need to be a fulltime photographer to make images “that sing”, Segment 2: Organizing data on the road and at home, Segment 3: I am not reproducing what I saw (Best tips to improve your post processing), Segment 4: I love images on my wall (The smell of the ink vs. the beautiful electronic display), Segment 5: I do it for fun (Making images of personal nature)
About Oliver Klink: Oliver Klink is a professional photographer, originally from Switzerland, now based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has photographed in over 120 countries. In 2018, he published a book – Cultures in Transition: Spirit Heart Soul – which won the prestigious 2019 IPPY GOLD AWARD by the Independent Publisher for best photography book of 2018. The images, the stories, the sequencing, the quality of the printing, and the cover, all contributed to the award. He was also awarded 2018 Black and White photographer of the year by Dodho Magazine.

The Plastic Fantastic Show X at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2019-06-08 17:00 - 20:00 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
The Plastic Fantastic Show X
June 8 – July 10, 2019Artists’ Opening Reception: Saturday, June 8, 5-8pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery1045 Marine Dr.Astoria, OR 97103(503) 468-0238lightbox-photographic.com
LightBox Photographic Gallery celebrates its 10th anniversary with the opening and artists’ reception of The Plastic Fantastic Show X on Saturday, June 8, 2019 from 5-8pm.
The Plastic Fantastic Show X exhibits images shot using toy, plastic, pinhole, box or homemade cameras. The show is held every year to celebrate the gallery’s anniversary! This method of photography has gained popularity because of the freedom possible using cameras with less than perfect optics and control resulting in unpredictable and sometimes extraordinarily beautiful results. A large number of photographers from around the world shoot images primarily with these basic cameras, creating unique photos that are captured on film.
Becky Ramotowski of Taos, New Mexico juried the exhibit. Becky is the founder of World Toy Camera Day. She has been a photo enthusiast since the age of six when she was given her first camera, an Imperial Mark XII, to take on a road trip across the southwestern USA. Her “official” interest in toy cameras came in 2002 after seeing quirky photos made with Holgas and Dianas at a photo lab in Texas where she bought her first Holga.
“The very first photo I made with my Holga was one I really liked of a statue of “Nike of Samothrace” in a run-down park in San Antonio, Texas. It was the flawed statue and the run-down park full of weeds and abandonment that lured me in and set the hook for using toy cameras. The photo was vignetted and not quite perfectly focused. Toy cameras communicate a freer sense of photography that feels natural and relaxed at relaying an idea. They aren’t perfect but are addictive and amazing in what they can do in creative hands”.
Congratulations to the photographers accepted into The Plastic Fantastic Show X
C B Adams • Lilyan Aloma • Helene Barrette • Stephanie BethelKerry Bishe • Amelia Bjesse-Puffin • Maureen Bond • Larissa BurkeRonald Butler • Claudia Cebrian • Elisabeth Dare • Ellen DavisChristine Eagon • Eddie Erdmann • Joanna Epstein • Liv FergusonBrian Franczyk • Alexa Frangos • Bob Gervais • J. M. GoldingJulie Hamel • Karen Hillier • Kerry Jeffrey • George JohnsonBarbara Justice • Elissa Killian • Jocelyn Matthewes • Bill MoySara Musashi • April Rocha • Denise Ross • Paul Sharratt • Steven TaddeiIan Thompson • Jacqueline Walters • Bonni Wahlquist • Kristin WareMichael Weitzman • Patrick Whitaker • Mike Yoder • Yelena Zhavoronkova
This year Sara Musashi from West Hollywood, Ca. received the juror’s top award for the image, “Two Suns”, Bob Gervais of Portland, Or. received the juror’s second award for “Janitzio, Mexico”, and Claudia Cebrian from Miami Fla.. received the Juror’s third award for “Mermaid”.
LightBox opened in Astoria on June 13, 2009 when Chelsea and Michael Granger established the venue to educate in the photographic arts. Having hosted over 125 exhibits since opening, LightBox has become an important Northwest photographic resource, exhibiting national and regional artists’ with exhibits of fine photography, conducting artists’ presentations and workshops, all as part of their goal to provide a center for the promotion of creative and alternative photography on the North Coast of Oregon.
The Plastic Fantastic Show X runs from June 8th until July 10th. LightBox offers memberships as a way of becoming part of the community of supporters that help to further the mission of the gallery. LightBox provides fine art reproduction, restorations, photographic printing, and other photographic services. LightBox is located at 1045 Marine Drive in Astoria, hours are Tuesday – Saturday 11 – 5:30. Contact LightBox at 503-468-0238 or at info@lightbox-photographic.com, and visit lightbox-photographic.com for more info and to enjoy past, current and upcoming exhibits.

Oliver Klink at Camerawork Gallery
2019-06-08 16:00 - 18:30 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
Oliver Klink, Soul of the Bürkitshi
June 1- June 28, 2019Artist’s talk, Saturday, June 8, 4pm-5pm Artist’s Reception and Book signing, June 8 5pm-6:30pm
Camerawork Gallery301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR 97227Located in Lorenzen Conference Center – Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Campus.9am – 6pm, Monday-Saturday, Sunday, 10am-4pmFree off street parking available, Stair and elevator access, TriMet Routes 4, 24 and 44www.TheCameraworkGallery.orgwww.Facebook.com/cameraworkgallery503-701-5347Event is free and open to the public
Nestled in the snowy mountaintops of Western Mongolia, the Kazakhs have mastered the ancient and noble art of hunting with eagles. For nomadic tribes, their survival depends not only on training these majestic birds but in passing on their skills to the younger generation. For centuries, this knowledge has been transferred from father to son, but that’s all beginning to change.
The young women are becoming Bürkitshi, the Kazakh word for eagle hunters. This shift is no accident. Eagle hunting has slowly transitioned from a means of survival to a sightseeing attraction. This influx of commercialism has altered their trading power and divided the community. No longer are they exchanging goods and furs, now they are earning currency through tourism. Teaching the art of eagle hunting to women makes the Kazakh even more interesting to tourists and prevents the sport from becoming diluted or dying out altogether.
These images are a glimpse into the soul of the hunters in a time of rapid change. There is a deep bond and a rich unspoken language between the Bürkitshi and their eagles. Yes, the hunt is violent, but the Bürkitshi’s intimate connection with their animals instills the sport with a sense of grace and art.
For those who truly live as Bürkitshi, the future doesn’t faze them. They still hunt in the way of their ancestors, migrate through the rugged terrain and share stories over cups of fermented mare’s milk and baursak (fried dough balls). Only now, these stories are being told by brave new huntresses.
Geir Jordahl (Publisher, True North Editions) writes: “Klink’s images transcend borders without homogenizing very distinct peoples, nationalities, and cultures. The uniqueness of each is present, yet Klink asks us to see the links between them and to see ourselves within each tribe. He connects us through the use of common bonds, gestures, and expressions. In this way the personalities of his subjects shine through – their emotion, their joy, their connections with each other and, by association their connection to the viewer.”
Printing Technique: The images were photographed with high-resolution cameras, ranging from medium format digital Hasselblad to full frame mirrorless Sony. The images are printed with a special technique called Piezography. Piezography is the first fine-art archival black & white digital printing process, which has a unique combination of surface reflection, high fidelity, and tone due to a proprietary pigment manufacturing. ABOUT THE ARTIST Oliver Klink was educated as a physicist and photographer. He was awarded 2019 IPPY GOLD AWARD by the Independent Book Publisher for best photography book of 2018 (Cultures in Transition: Spirit Heart Soul), Black and White Photographer of the year (2018) by Dodho Magazine, Top 50 Artist (2016 & 2018) Photolucida Critical Mass, Spotlight winner of Black and White Magazine Portfolio edition (2018), Best of the Best Black and White Emerging Photographers by BWGallerist (2016).
He has had solo exhibits at Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California; Conti Museum, Festival de La Luz, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Black Rapid Gallery, Seattle, Washington; Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana; CameraWork, Portland, Oregon; PhotoCentral Gallery, Hayward, California; Shadows Gallery, Arles, France.
Oliver Klink resides in Los Gatos, California with his wife.
Purchasing Work: His award-winning book (2019 IPPY GOLD AWARD by Independent publisher) and limited edition prints are for sale at www.culturesintransition.com

Gioncarlo Valentine at Blue Sky Gallery
2019-06-08 15:00 - 17:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Gioncarlo Valentine, The Soft Fence
June 6–30, 2019 First Thursday opening reception: June 6, 6:00–9:00 PMArtist talk: Saturday, June 8, 3:00 PM
Blue Sky Gallery 122 NW 8th AvenuePortland, Oregon 97209 USA503-225-0210Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pmFirst Thursday 6 – 9 pmbluesky@blueskygallery.orghttp://www.blueskygallery.org/All Blue Sky events and programs are free and open to the public.
“When I hear Black men say they don’t cry, is this genuine? Has hardness forced the tears from them permanently? Are they able?… How many men in our community are flailing beneath the weight of their performances, and what are the real life consequences?”
In The Soft Fence, Gioncarlo Valentine explores what is beyond the wall of performative hypermasculinity within Black culture. Having grown up queer and femme-presenting, Valentine’s work is influenced by his desire to understand the experiences of straight men in his community and the standards of masculinity imposed on them. These photographs are “a series of questions about access, performance, proximity, Black manhood, and Black brotherhood,” in which Valentine asks viewers to question where the performance begins and ends, and what preconceived ideas they may have about his subjects.
Gioncarlo Valentine (b. 1990) is an American documentary/portraiture photographer and writer currently based in New York. Valentine hails from Baltimore City and attended Towson University in Maryland. His work focuses on issues faced by marginalized populations, most often focusing his lens on the experiences of Black/LGBTQIA+ communities. Valentine was named a 2018 En Foco Photography Fellow and was a member of the 2018 class of Skowhegan’s School of Painting and Sculpture. He is a contributing photographer for The New York Times and has had his work published in Propublica, The Fader, Essence, THEM, Harpers Bazaar, and Newsweek, among other publications.

Rachel Wolf at The Chehalem Cultural Center
2019-06-07 17:00 - 20:00 | Chehalem Gallery, 415 E Sheridan St, Newberg, OR, 97132, United States
Rachel Wolf, Unconditional
June 4, 2019 – August 3, 2019Opening Reception: Friday, June 7, 5-8pm
Central GalleryThe Chehalem Cultural Center415 E Sheridan, Newberg, OR 97132503-487-6883Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 9am-6pmWebsite:chehalemculturalcenter.orgrachelwolf.com
The art of alchemy is the transmutation of matter, a process wherein something is changed from one state to another in order to achieve a higher or more valuable form. My work takes from the alchemists this idea of transmutative elevation, which in my projects is achieved through color and chemical action.
My principal method of working involves directly exposing photographic materials to light and chemicals. These essential matters become the tools, subjects and direct chemical process that create the final image. I choose to return to these irreducible elements, the invisible tools of analogue photography, in order to produce a new, tangible photographic subject. Taking the camera away from photography doesn’t remove the possibility for an image, instead it provides space for proposing images for an un-lensed, visual world.
Rachel Wolf specializes in camera-less photography, alternative/antique processes, and immersive environments through light-based installations. Rachel is an educator and speaker in the field of photography. She has exhibited her work nationally, including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Seattle, and Portland. Recently her work was acquired into the City of Portland’s public art collection and she has been the Artist in Residence at Rose Villa in Milwaukee, OR. Rachel is a founding member of FO(u)RT Collective, a multi-disciplinary arts collective that creates/curates exhibitions and events. Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Rachel earned her BA from Hampshire College and her MFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art. Rachel currently resides in Portland, OR.

Mark Aghatise at Blue Sky Gallery
2019-06-06 17:00 - 18:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Mark Aghatise, Study One
June 6–30, 2019First Thursday opening reception: June 6, 6:00–9:00 PMArtist talk: Thursday, June 6, 5:00 PM
Blue Sky Gallery 122 NW 8th AvenuePortland, Oregon 97209 USA503-225-0210Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pmFirst Thursday 6 – 9 pmbluesky@blueskygallery.orghttp://www.blueskygallery.org/All Blue Sky events and programs are free and open to the public.
In Study One, Mark Aghatise manipulates photographs to examine “the bifurcation of self that occurs in contemporary urban life.” Upon moving to New York City, Aghatise became distinctly aware of the tendency for people to split into public and private personas, and of their desire, or need, to create and market a perfect outward version of themselves. At the same time, he was grappling with similar questions regarding himself, his body, and his feelings of dysmorphia in relation to it.
Aghatise found an avenue for this self-examination through his work as an editorial photographer. He writes, “Through photographing other black bodies, I began to better understand my own and ultimately how to contort and queer the space it inhabits.” Regarding his process with his subjects, he states, “I analyzed during our shoots whether there was a difference in their public self that they would bring to set and the private self that would reveal itself by the end of the session. Noting the differences, I worked to use tactile manipulations of their image to reflect what I perceived in each of them. I wanted to craft a more cohesive image, reflecting the layers.”
Mark Aghatise is a London-born, New York-based artist. His work explores the processes of deconstructing and constructing images of the black male figure. Movement, repetition, and the failure of both are central to his photographic studies and endeavors. His work interrogates our current cultural understanding and relationship to photographs and photography as a medium. Through a design-oriented lens, Aghatise scans, rips, and distorts images to question and stretch our perception of reality within a photograph to make audiences conscious of their perspective and gaze.

Photography at Oregon On-Line Photography Auction
2019-06-01 17:00 | OR
Photography at Oregon On-Line Photography Auction
Now through 5 PM PDT June 1st, 2019
https://www.accelevents.com/e/PAO2019
Eugene-based Photography at Oregon (PAO) is having their 41st annual photography auction of original photographs.
Photographs by Bruce Barnbaum, Wynn Bullock, Martha Casanave, Carl Chiarenza, Barbara Crane, Stewart Harvey, Don Kirby, Stu Levy, Bill Owens, Alan Ross, George Tice and many other photographers are being offered.
PAO has supported the Eugene area’s photography teaching programs for more than 50 years.
Auction proceeds support PAO’s free public lectures, exhibitions, workshops, visiting artists and community fine-art photography nights.PAO is comprised of volunteers, all well-known photographers.
Auction bids can be made through June 1. Please bid on a photograph and help support photography in our community!
