Luke Olsen Photography

Lightleak group exhibit at Buckley Center Gallery
2020-03-15 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Buckley Center Gallery, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., Portland, OR, 97203-5798, United States
Watch Your Step
March 9 – April 2, 2020
Reception: Sunday March 15, 2pm
University of Portland
Buckley Center Gallery
5000 N. Williams Blvd.
Portland, OR 97203
Gallery Hours:
Mon-Fri 8:30am – 8pm
Sat & Sun 8:30am – 4pm
(Call UP Public Safety at 503-943-7161 if door to Buckley Center is locked)
“Watch Your Step” features the work of 18 Oregon photographers from Lightleak photographers group. Each of the photographers in this exhibit gathers photos from life around them, but each captures their art in different ways – some in color, some in black-and-white; some with traditional film cameras, some with iPhones.
Lightleak was formed 17 years ago in Portland, Oregon, out of a love of film and darkrooms, and meets on a monthly basis to share photobooks, prints, pints, and potluck. Now we work in several formats and live in various places.
Please join us on March 15th @ 2pm for a reception at The Buckley Gallery.

Jay Mather at the Portland Art Museum
2020-03-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Jay Mather, From Cambodia to the Cascades: A photographer’s visual life
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’s
Brown Bag Lunch Talk Series
Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 Noon – 1 pm
Portland Art Museum
The Miller Gallery, 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)
From Cambodia to the Cascades: A photographer’s visual life
In the arc of my fifty-year career there are several topics that are the core of my evolution from Pulitzer Prize photojournalism to the serenity of landscape photography in Oregon.
When I reflect on these projects I understand how each one moved me visually in a new direction and added a deeper respect for the value of documentary photography.
From Cambodia, Yosemite National Park, the world of ballet, artists of the Sisters Folk Festival and now central Oregon, telling the story of my home, this is my photographic life.
Jay Mather is a Pulitzer Prize awarded photojournalist. His interest in photography
began while he was a Unites States Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia, 1969-70.
During his career he worked in Denver, Colorado; Louisville, Kentucky, and
Sacramento, California.
During Jay’s career he has covered a wide range of subjects and people. He has
spent time with Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity, Pope John Paul II
and President Clinton. On the other end of the spectrum he has worked on projects
about hunger, homelessness, AIDS, and other issues about the less fortunate.
In November 1979, while working for the Courier-Journal in Louisville,
Kentucky, Jay and fellow journalist Joel Brinkley, traveled to the Thailand-
Cambodia border to document the massive exodus of Cambodian refugees fleeing
the wrath of the Khmer Rouge regime and the invading North Vietnamese Army.
This was the beginning of what the world would come to know as the Killing
Fields. Their stories and photographs, a four-day series published in the
Louisville Courier-Journal, were awarded the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for International
Reporting.
Jay has also been a recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Coverage of
the Disadvantaged.
Jay has a deep love and respect for the environment. He has hiked and climbed
while photographing throughout the western United States for projects on
Yosemite National Park, the Desert Protection Act in California, the declining
health of the Sierra mountain range, and climate change in Colorado River
Basin. The Yosemite Association published his book, “Yosemite, A Landscape of
Life,” in 1990 for the centennial celebration of the park. For this project he was a
finalist in the 1991 Pulitzer Prize Feature Photography category.
Jay’s current work examines the natural beauty of central Oregon, the Cascade
Range and the high desert and the threats brought by climate change. He divides
his efforts between the Deschutes Land Trust and the Sisters Folk Festival,
documenting the activities in those non-profit organizations.

Spring Equinox Group Shoot with the PhotonZ group at Maryhill Stonehenge Memorial
2020-03-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Maryhill Stonehenge Memorial, 87 Stonehenge Dr, Goldendale, WA, 98620, United States
Spring Equinox Group Shoot
PhotonZ – Long Exposure/Light Painting Photography Group
Thursday March 19, 2020, arrive between 6pm – 7pm
we will be out shooting till about 2am (rain or shine)
Location:87 Stonehenge Dr, Goldendale, WA 98620
(meet at Maryhill Stonehenge Memorial parking lot and be prepared to go to a different location)
Cost: Free
Register by sending an email to photonz.pdx@gmail.com
PhotonZ is a long exposure photography group based out of Portland, OR. They have monthly meetups at various indoor/outdoor locations throughout the NW and are open to all skill levels. During group shoots there is a strong emphasis on light painting/drawing. Recommended gear to bring is flashlights, speedlights, colored gels, tripod, cable release, warm clothes, etc.)
*For more information please feel free to contact:
Max Hinz (PhotonZ Group Organizer)
maxhinzart@gmail.com
503.906.0553
Facebook Event Page – www.facebook.com/events/606154653534211
PhotonZ Instagram – www.instagram.com/photonz_pnw
Maryhill Stonehenge Memorial – www.maryhillmuseum.org/outside/stonehenge-memorial

Friderike Heuer at Stevens-Crawford Heritage House Museum
2020-03-21 11:00 - 13:00 | Stevens-Crawford Heritage House Museum, 603 6th St, Oregon City, OR, 97045, United States
Friderike Heuer, Tied to the Moon
March – June 2020
Artist Reception on March 21st – 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Stevens-Crawford Heritage House Museum
603 6th St, Oregon City
Open: Friday – Saturday, 11:00am – 4:00pm
Admission: $5
http://clackamashistory.org
This 2019 photomontage series by Friderike Heuer describes some of the common experiences of women across centuries. Just like our physiologies are tied to the phases of the moon so are we tied through shared life events and states connected to our lives. A lot has changed for women; not enough has changed for women. Giving birth, raising children, aging, being loved or abandoned, being controlled or forging our own path has always been basic to the female experience. Finding solace among sisters or competing for scraps as rivals was often part of our existence. Curiosity, skepticism, learning and rebelling had to be fought for. Longing, dreaming and hope were part of the way.

Becky Wilkes at Camerawork Gallery
2020-03-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
Becky Wilkes, DITCHED
February 29 – March 27, 2020
Artist Talk Saturday, March 21 from 4pm-5pm, followed by a Reception from 5pm-6pm
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, ADA accessible
www.TheCameraworkGallery.org
www.Facebook.com/cameraworkgallery
503-701-5347
Event is free and open to the public
On February 29, Camerawork Gallery will open “Ditched”, from Texas photographer and trash enthusiast, Becky Wilkes. The exhibit will be on view through March 27 and contains 10 of her original obsessions, gleaned from the nearly 6,000 pieces of trash collected by Wilkes during her 1 year “odd-yssey”, when she combed 1 mile of newly revealed lakefront for trash during the multiyear drought of 2014-15.
It was not until spring floods of 2015 that Wilkes understood the migratory nature of trash in our waterways flowing from our drainage ditches and roadways. Eagle Mountain Lake, while only 14 square miles in size, is fed by a watershed of over 850 square miles. Unlike the trash entering our oceans, this debris is trapped inland in our fresh water supply, restrained by lakes and dams.
Wilkes notes, “When I started this project, I had no idea of the depth and breadth of the materials that lay just below the surface of the water. I was continually amazed by the debris that I found. Plastic straws are not our only issue. We are regularly flushing the entirety of our roadside debris into our drinking water.” Wilkes shares. This one-of-a-kind series portrays a vivid, colorful and quantitative statement of the impact of local litter discarded throughout local watersheds.”
“Ditched” was most recently featured at LHUCA, in Lubbock TX where Hannah Dean, founder of The Bowerbird and writer for Glasstire states, “Removed from their half-buried
lakefront sites, water bottles with the all the charm of used condoms suddenly become aesthetic, once they’re scanned, grouped, printed and mounted on Dibond. Weird.”
Becky Wilkes lives with her husband on Eagle Mountain Lake in Azle, TX. Educated as a Chemical Engineer at Texas A&M, she spent much of her life as a stay-at-home mother of four children who have now blessed her with a multitude of grandchildren. Thus began her study of chaos and order. Her current vocation is a blend of urban archeologist, anthropologist, sociologist, trash collector and photographer.

Ann Sugiyama-Gardner at The O’Brien Photo Gallery
2020-03-21 16:00 - 18:00 | The O’Brien Photo Gallery, 2833 Willamette, Ste. B, Eugene, OR, 97405, United States
Ann Sugiyama-Gardner, “Family of Origin” and “Imperfect Beauty”
The show will run from March 17 through May 7, 2020
There will be an artist reception Saturday, March 21 from 4-6pm.
The O’Brien Photo Gallery
2833 Willamette, Ste. B
Eugene, OR 97405
(541) 729-3572
Open Tue – Fri from 1-6 pm
Call to be sure we’re open or to set a special viewing time.
email: picmac1945@gmail.com
web: https://www.waltobrien.net/the-o-brien-photo-gallery
Portland artist and photographer, Ann Sugiyama-Gardner of Mori Hana Studio, will be presenting 2 series of current works, “Family of Origin” and “Imperfect Beauty”.
In her series “Family of Origin” Ann reflects on her experiences as a third generation Japanese-American and what happened to Japanese immigrants during the 1940’s. Through that lens, she calls attention to the Latino and Muslim immigrants’ struggles today.
Many immigrants start with nothing but honest, hard work, to gain a foothold on the ladder of success in America. For her family, December 7, 1941 was the extinction of that day-to-day struggle. Mass incarceration soon followed without due process of the laws of the United States. “What damage was caused to individuals and what are the lasting effects on the family by imprisonment? On me and my family.”
This question lead to a road trip to Poston, Arizona and Manzanar, California, two of the ten “camps” hastily built to incarcerate over 125,000 Japanese/Americans from 1942-1946. The artist’s mother’s family was sent to Poston, Arizona for incarceration. Her grandfather died in prison for, at this time, unknown reasons.
On the flip-side, Ann will present a second series of prints that celebrate color, texture, and light inspired by the practice of Buddhist Mindfulness and the Japanese aesthetic of Wabi Sabi.
She was moved to the practice of Contemplative Photography first by studying Edward Weston’s work then reading Michael Wood’s book specifically about the subject. “Imperfect Beauty” is the ongoing photography project that responds to the act of being present. “Intuitively working this way, my mind is open to whatever images present themselves and quiet my critique brain.”
anngardnerartpdx@gmail.com
https://www.annkgardner.com

Ansel Adams at Studio385
2020-03-27 18:30 - 20:00 | Studio 385, 385 West 2nd Ave at Lawrence St., Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Photography At Oregon, Last Friday Movie Night
Film: Ansel Adams Photographer
Hosted by Stu Levy, displaying some of Ansel Adam’s original work
March 27, 2020 6:30 to 8:00pm
Studio 385
385 West 2nd at Lawrence Street
Eugene, Oregon
(541) 521-9747
jon@studiomeyers.com
Free-will donation
Hosted by Stu Levy accompanied by several of his own collection of original Adam’s works. This portrait of Ansel Adams, one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, captures the spirit and artistry of the man as he talks about his life and demonstrates the techniques which have made his work legendary.
Jim Wojno on April 20, 2018 Writes:
“This is a wonderful tribute to Ansel Adams. There is, thankfully, almost no commentary from an interviewer — just 60 minutes of pure Ansel reminiscing about his work, friends, and life. There is an expecially touching and humorous scene with Adams and Georgia O’Keeve — their banter is priceless as you look inside their personal history as if no one else was present — two monumental artists of the 20th cenury yucking it up. I don’t think this video was intended to be a comprehensive study of Adam’s life and works — the PBS 2-part series does that very well. This video, however, provides some genuine intimacy, perhaps as much as we outsiders will ever get. Some may complain this video lacks technical information or reasons why he took a particular image, but Adams preferred to express his feelings visually, where words would simply degrade or cloud a viewer’s feelings. The video, btw, is artfully and tastefully filmed and scored.
Jim Wojno was the Graphic Designer Art Director with Corning Life Sciences for 28 years and is a successful Landscape Photographer.85

John DuBois at Camerawork Gallery
2020-03-28 10:00 - 16:00 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
John DuBois, Island Of Hope, Island Of Tears
March 28th – April 24, 2020
NOTE: THE ARTIST TALK AND RECEPTION IS BEING POSTPONED UNTIL THE CORONAVIRUS IS UNDER CONTROL; THESE EVENTS WILL BE RESCHEDULED AFTER THE DANGER HAS PASSED. BE SAFE AND STAY WELL. HOWEVER, WE INVITE YOU TO VISIT THE GALLERY AND ENJOY OUR EXHIBITS DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS: MONDAY-SATURDAY, 9AM-6PM; SUNDAY, 10AM-4PM.
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, ADA accessible
www.TheCameraworkGallery.org
www.Facebook.com/cameraworkgallery
503-701-5347
Event is free and open to the public
From 1892 to 1954 Ellis Island in New York Harbor was a gateway for millions of immigrants to America. Washington State photographer John DuBois’s mother was among them. This project began as a journey of family history but evolved into an exploration of place, of who came and, of the spirit of what remains. It was a multi-year project which developed into a project within a project. The images in this series are constructed from historical images and the present, physical state of the hospital buildings on Ellis Island. Arriving immigrants with medical needs were treated here and this history combined with the island’s close proximity to the Statue of Library invite questions of who we are and how we came to be here.
DuBois notes, “We all came from somewhere; feelings of place and history are deeply rooted in family and society. I knew at a fairly young age that I was ‘half’ Italian. This came from my mother’s side who arrived among the many Southern European immigrants to the United States. I only came to appreciate the meaning of this heritage much later in life. When an initial opportunity to photograph restricted areas of the hospital complex on Ellis Island presented itself, it was the draw of this family connection that drew me here as a place. After many more visits it grew to an understanding of who was here and for me a connection to where I came from.” Selected works from this series have appeared in several group shows, received Paris Photo Prize recognition, exhibited in Blue Sky Gallery’s Viewing Drawers (2017) and published in Lenswork’s Sixes, 2017. Works are also held in private collections. The images are constructs framing past, historical images with the present state of Ellis Island and invites questions of self, history and our humanity.
John DuBois lives in Issaquah, WA (near Seattle) with his wife and two energetic Golden Doodle siblings. DuBois arrived in the Pacific Northwest by way of the East Coast and Wisconsin, growing up on the Jersey Shore, earning a B.A. in Economics at The George Washington University and then graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was introduced to photography early through the family’s Polaroid (the peel-apart film type) camera which instilled early on an interest in photographic arts that included a full slate of photography classes while in college and leading to an enduring, life-long interest in photography as a means of connections and communication.

PhotoZone Gallery’s 32nd Annual Juried Photography Show CALL FOR ENTRY
2020-03-28 11:00 - 16:00 | Emerald Art Center, 500 Main St., Springfield, OR, 97477, United States
CALL FOR ENTRY – PhotoZone Gallery’s 32nd Annual Juried Photography Show
Submission Dates: March 28th and 29th
This submission is made in person only.
Bring prints framed with hanging wire only (no tape and string or sawtooth hangers)
Size limit 36 inch frame, longest dimension
Limit 2 prints per person – Fee due on delivery One for $15 or Two for $25
Cash or Check only.
Two Delivery Locations:
The Emerald Art Center
500 Main Street, Springfield, Oregon
Saturday March 28th or Sunday March 29th from 11 – 4 each day
—- Or —-
The Siuslaw Public Library
1460 Ninth Street
Florence, Oregon
Saturday only – March 28th from 11-4.
Cash Prizes
First Prize $300
Second Prize $200
Third Prize $100
Plus other prizes from our business sponsors
Show location
Juried Show Exhibit – April 1st through April 24th
Opening Reception – Friday April 10th
The Emerald Art Center from 5 – 8 pm
500 Main Street in Springfield, Oregon. Refreshments will be served.
Gallery Hours Tue. – Sat. 11:00 – 4:00
For complete entry instructions visit the PhotoZone website at:
https://www.photozonegallery.com/juried-show-entry-instructions
email for info: photozonegalleryoregon@gmail.com
Or call: 541 729 3572
Website: https://www.photozonegallery.com

Ghost Town Portraits Photography Workshop with Fritz Liedtke
2020-06-19 08:00 - 17:00 | PJ Ranch, 23350 Winlock Road, Fossil, OR, 97874, United States
Ghost Town Portraits Photography Workshop with Fritz Liedtke
June 19-21, 2020
PJ Ranch
23350 Winlock Road
Fossil, OR 97830
www.fritzliedtke.com/ghost-town-portraits-workshop-oregon/
Reserve now to take advantage of Early Bird Pricing, until March 14.
$785
What could be better than the tumbledown texture of a ghost town, and the beauty of dancers and models, combined to create beautiful, moody portraits? In this special workshop, photographer Fritz Liedtke is combining two of his favorite things–historic places and beautiful faces–to teach you how to create stunning portraiture.
Join us for 3 days in the John Day River Territory, in north central Oregon. We’ll gather at PJ Ranch, where Fritz will share from his 30 years of experience photographing people. You’ll learn about professional lighting (natural light and off-camera flash), building rapport with subjects, posing, strong composition, good clothing choices, camera and lens options, and much more. We’ll spend time at ghost towns hidden in the local area where Fritz will give demonstration shoots, and then you’ll have hours to photograph with models and dancers, with his oversight and input. Fritz takes a hands-on approach to learning by introducing you to a concept and then letting you apply it immediately, with his feedback. It’s the best way to learn.
But the workshop doesn’t end there. In the weeks following the workshop, you have the option to sign up for an additional 1-on-1 consultation, looking over your final work and giving you further insight for improvement. We want you to end up with photographic confidence, professional insight, real-life experience, and photographs you are proud of.
If you’d like to try out some new photo gear, our sponsor ProPhoto Supply will give you a significant discount off a rental item for the weekend, and our sponsor Lensbaby will have their amazing lenses on hand for you to create with during the workshop!
The Ghost Town Portrait Workshop is an all-inclusive 3-day experience. You’ll be provided with hors d’oeuvres and meals, lodging at the local inn (single or double occupancy), models and dancers to photograph, and all of Fritz’s attention. It’s an experience you don’t want to miss.

PCPDX & 'Picture, Picture' Present: George Kelly 'The Photographer Behind the Photos' a Virtual Event
2020-06-25 18:00 - 19:30 | OR
PCPDX & ‘Picture, Picture’ Present: George Kelly
‘The Photographer Behind the Photos’ a Virtual Event
June 25th, 2020
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
ZOOM (link in Evite)
https://www.photoclubpdx.com/events/june2020-picture-picture-george-kelly
RSVP HERE: http://evite.me/dAwx6SXNa1
‘Picture Picture; The Photographer Behind the Photos’ is a new monthly virtual photography series to jolt your creativity and inspiration. Over the next months, PCPDX will bring you incredible photographers to keep your creative juices flowing. We hope this series will inspire you to continue experimenting and pushing your boundaries in photography. If you find this valuable, I encourage you to become a club member to support Photo Club PDX.
Episode 2:
The Photographer: George Kelly
The Photographs: Street Photography
George Kelly is a photographer based in Portland, Oregon. For over thirty years he has enjoyed chronicling the world around him. A member of the Portland Grid Project, LightLeak photo group, and ex-member of now-defunct web cooperative, In-Public, he has produced a wide body of 35mm photos in both black and white and color. Film is still his medium.
Download Zoom onto your computer in advance. Make sure you have a mic and speaker set up to participate.
RSVP HERE: http://evite.me/dAwx6SXNa1
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Frank DiMarco at Clinton Street Coffeehouse
2020-07-06 07:00 - 17:00 | Clinton Street Coffeehouse, 2706 SE 26th Avenue at SE Clinton, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Frank DiMarco, From the Archive, Some Favorites Old and New
July 1 – July 31, 2020
Clinton Street Coffeehouse
2706 SE 26th Avenue at SE Clinton
Portland OR 97202
Tel. 503.238.2547
Hours: Mon-Fri 6AM-5PM
Sat-Sun 7AM-5PM
MASKS ARE REQUIRED
Frank DiMarco is a late-career photographer working on curating his archive, producing magazines of his work and selling fine art prints through his online gallery www.dimarcogallery.com
This exhibition features framed 5×7 prints at affordable prices.
Frank DiMarco
P.O. Box 14184
Portland OR 97293
Tel. 503.358.8119
Email: frank@dimarcoimages.com
Gallery: http://www.dimarcogallery.com
Books: http://www.blurb.com/user/legauche
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/dimarcoimages

Ross Kaplan at Providence Milwaukie Hospital
2020-07-06 09:00 - 17:00 | Providence Milwaukie Hospital, 10150 SE 32nd Ave, Milwaukie, OR, 97222, United States
May 7th – September 14th, 2020
Providence Milwaukie Hospital
10150 SE 32nd Ave, Milwaukie OR 97222.
Entry is through the West Entrance. (Traveling south on 32nd Ave turn left at the sign indicating the West Entrance.)
Visitors wearing masks will have temperature taken at the desk. I suggest that visitors tell the RN that they are photographers to allow admission; only 2 visitors at a time.
Since this is a hospital it is open at all hours but entry to see the exhibit should be between 9am and 5pm 7 days a week.
MASKS ARE REQUIRED
Ross Kaplan, a member of the Portland Photographers Forum, has a photography exhibit showing at the gallery at Providence Milwaukie Hospital. ( West Entrance)
He was selected by the Clackamas County Arts Alliance which selects a number artists to have their work exhibited at various locations in the county.
The exhibit does not have a theme. It is intended to be representative of my work There are 16 images, the majority of which are color with 3 monochrome images. I utilize textures with some landscape images. All images are inkjet prints except two which are printed on metal. The latter two are scanned images ala Deb Stoner.
Web site: www.rgkphotos.com

Lightroom Workshop Online with Steve Anchell
2020-07-11 10:00 - 13:00 | OR
Lightroom Workshop Online with Steve Anchell

4 3-hour sessions
Saturday, July 11, 18, 25, & August 1, 2020
Online Lightroom Workshop
https://anchellworkshops.com/online-lightroom-workshop/
Info@anchellworkshops.com
503.884.3882
Adobe Lightroom is the essential tool for organizing, editing, and sharing your photography. To use Lightroom you do not have to be a professional photographer with years of experience, nor do you need to struggle to learn its enormous capability. Steve will teach you everything you need to know to utilize Lightroom’s full potential.
Whether you’re new to Lightroom or have been using it for years, Steve will bring you up-to-date on the latest improvements and upgrades released this year in February June. He will also teach you how to use the many tools in Lightroom to import and arrange your LR Library, and create award winning images such as the one above.
The workshop will include 4 3-hour live sessions with Steve on Zoom. Each session will be held on a Saturday from 10 A.M. PST to 1 P.M. If you can’t make all the sessions that’s okay. They will all be recorded and shared.
The workshop includes:
• 12-hours of live interactive training. You will be able to ask questions during each session.
• Image files to work on during and after the workshop.
• Video recording of each session.
• .PDF file with Steve’s notes.
And because it is simply not possible to teach everything there is to know in 12 hours, you will have access to Steve via email for clarification of anything covered during the workshop, or anything else in Lightroom you need to know. If he can’t answer it in an email he will schedule a 1-on-1 Zoom call with you.
Steve has been using LR since version 1.0. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from the best.
For more information contact:
Steve Anchell
Info@anchellworkshops.com
t 503.884.3882
or visit https://anchellworkshops.com/online-lightroom-workshop/

The Fantastic Film Show at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2020-07-11 11:00 - 16:00 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
The Fantastic Film Show
July 11 – August 4, 2020
Opening Day: Saturday, July 11, open 11-4 pm
Mask Is Required
LightBox Photographic Gallery
1045 Marine Dr.
Astoria, OR 97103
(503) 468-0238
lightbox-photographic.com
LightBox Photographic Gallery opens The Fantastic Film Show on Saturday, July 11, 2020. The Fantastic Film Show celebrates the love LightBox has for photographic images made with film with all types of cameras, from fine cameras to any and all plastic, pinhole, box or homemade cameras. Any analog image that is shot with film was considered, including plates and handmade emulsions.
LightBox is open! LightBox current Shows will have no formal receptions but the gallery is open 11 – 4pm on opening day, July 11 for the photographers and gallery visitors. Please join us for the opening day in the gallery. New Gallery viewing hours are Thurs, Fri and Sat., 11am – 4pm. Please call ahead to make an appointment and you must wear a mask.
Alice Christine Walker received the juror’s top award for her image “Trinity”, Nika DeCarlo received the juror’s second place award for “I Can’t See You” and Bill Kirby received the juror’s third place award for “Manzanita Morning. Honorable Mentions were awarded to Yelena Zhavoronkova, Marky Kauffmann, Angie Brockey, Elisabeth Dare, Ron Dobrowski.
Congratulations to the Photographers accepted into the exhibit.
Natalee Alynn • Shane Balkowitsch • Michael Berry • Janet Berlin
Per Bjesse • Ronald Butler • Angie Brockey • Paul Cunningham
Logan Clark • Elisabeth Dare • Nika DeCarlo • Ron Dobrowski
John DuBois • Judith Eastburn • Brita Enflo • Brian Franczyk
J.M. Golding • Mindaugas Gabrenas • Jim Hamstra • Ken Hochfeld
Angela Holm • George Johnson •Bill Kirby • Christina Katsolis
Marky Kauffmann • Xiaopeng Liu • Jocelyn Mathewes • Lloyd Matthews
Melina Coumas • Bill Moy • Jody Miller • Jason Miller • Walt O’Brien
Kathy Radie • Dale Rio • Kathrena Rivera • April Rocha • Denise Ross
Gary Samson • Samual Slater • Geraldo Stubing • Steven Taddei • Lisa Toboz
Alice Christine Walker • Tina Weitz • Shelly Wood • Yelena Zhavoronkova
“The Fantastic Film Show” will be on display in the gallery through August 4th. The Gallery is open by appointment only until further notice. Please come in and enjoy the current Show! Complete show info is on the LightBox website at http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/. Contact LightBox at 503-468-0238 or info@lightboxphotographic.com. LightBox is located at 1045 Marine Drive in Astoria, hours are Thursday – Saturday, 11 – 4:00.

Don Jacobson "Fire and Ice" online now
2020-07-19 08:00 - 17:00 | OR
Don Jacobson, Fire and Ice
Exhibition at: www.donjacobsonphoto.com/Fire&Ice/Fire&Ice.html
The link provided is a virtual exhibit that was originally scheduled to be shown at the Walter’s Cultural Art Center in Hillsboro, April and May 2020. The city wisely shutdown the center to protect the public and my photographs were never hung. I have included a link to the images that were to be exhibited.
www.donjacobsonphoto.com/Fire&Ice/Fire&Ice.html
The concept of the exhibition is to juxtapose two extremes, fire and ice. The “fire” part of the show is a collection of photographs from Yellowstone National Park in 2018 and the “ice” segment was photographed over a number of years in the Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area, Oregon. My contact information is:
Don Jacobson
503.808.7525
donjphoto@gmail.com
www.donjacobsonphoto.com

Sarah Graves "The Unknown" online now
2020-09-06 08:00 - 17:00 | OR
Sarah Graves, The Unknown
Exhibition at: www.gravesstudios.com
The Unknown is a curation of images made by Portland photographer Sarah Graves. Sarah values analog methods of art making and uses film to make her photographs. Analog photography slows down the creative process and allows for reflection while making the images. This collection of images entices the viewer to ask questions, luring them to make their own interpretation of what they are seeing. The photographs invite your imagination to create its own story about each scene. Some of the images are subtly haunting, others are dreamy, quiet landscapes that provoke feelings of uncertainty or the uncanny. Drawing on themes of anxiety and uncertainty of the future, these photographs offer comfort by the commonality of unease we feel during these times.
The images will be no longer be exhibited in the gallery and no formal opening reception will be held due to COVID-19. A virtual reception will be held for the length of the show at www.gravesstudios.com.
www.gravesstudios.com

Bobby Abrahamson’s “North Portland Polaroids” at the Plaza of St. Johns (outside)
2020-09-06 17:00 - 20:00 | St. Johns Plaza, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Bobby Abrahamson’s, North Portland Polaroids
Opening: September 6, 5-8pm
Closing Celebration of “Summer Park,”and exhibit: September 26th and 27th, 3pm-8pm
Exhibition will run from September 6-27, 2020
St. Johns Plaza, intersection of N. Philadelphia Ave. and N. Lombard St.,
Portland, Oregon 97203
(right at the end of the St. Johns Bridge, where Philadelphia meets Lombard, in the heart of St. Johns)
Since the work will be hanging in a public space, it can be viewed 24 hours per day, 7 days per week!
Outdoor Exhibit: More than 450 11×14” darkroom prints hanging from clothes lines in the Plaza of St. Johns neighborhood
Bobby Abrahamson will be exhibiting all 450+ portraits from his 10-year project “North Portland Polaroids” in the Plaza and “Summer Park” in the center of St. Johns for 3 weeks this September. All the photographs will be 11×14 fiber-based darkroom prints hanging from wires strung between trees, also possibly hanging from wires on the top of fencing that borders the park. It will be similar to the exhibit of the work Abrahamson had back in 2015 in St. Johns (see image below, and video link), but this time all the prints will be hanging outside, literally blowing in the wind, at the mercy of the weather and the public!
At the end of the exhibit, at a “closing celebration” of the park, subjects of the photos and their friends / family will be invited to take a print from the exhibit home with them for free! In other words, this is an exhibit for the community, and the prints will be free for members of the community to “harvest” from the exhibit at it’s conclusion!
Bobby will also be setting up with his 4×5 camera and instant film several days during the 3 weeks to photograph residents of St. Johns and add to the exhibit.
A big thanks to the creative vision and community activism of Lauren Everett for making this exhibition possible! Also thanks to the St. Johns Boosters!
Call or email Bobby with any questions: 503-281-4162; bobby@bobbyabrahamson.com
http://www.bobbyabrahamson.com/celebrate-st-johns-video
www.bobbyabrahamson.com
www.instagram.com/bobbyabrahamson
www.bobbyabrahamson.blogspot.com

PCPDX & 'Picture, Picture' Present: Zeb Andrews 'The Photographer Behind the Photos' a Virtual Event
2020-09-12 18:00 - 20:00 | OR
PCPDX & ‘Picture, Picture’ Present: Zeb Andrews
The Photographs: Holgaramas
‘The Photographer Behind the Photos’ a Virtual Event
Saturday, September 12th, 2020
6:00 – 8:00 PM
$10 contribution (also gets you a raffle ticket for the evenings GC’s)
RSVP HERE: http://evite.me/HWVED8F8VF
https://www.photoclubpdx.com/events/sept-2020-picture-picture-zeb-andrews
Zeb Andrews has lived his entire life in the Pacific Northwest, wandering its trails and photographing every opportunity he gets. His day job is at Blue Moon Camera and Machine, a pretty awesome camera shop if he does say so himself. Working at a camera store has led him down many adventurous paths in his photography and inspired him to try many different cameras and films over the years. While his work is as varied as his curiosity, he has carried around a Holga for over a decade and found numerous ways to put that simple plastic camera to good use. One series of images he has created with this camera he calls Holgaramas, and they involve using multiple shots across an entire (or more than an entire) roll of film, piecing the individual frames together like a puzzle to create images in ways he cannot do with single frames. Having added to this collection over several years, he has had time to refine both his technique in making them as well as his thoughts regarding his motivations behind these Holgaramas and what they have taught him about the process of photography.
Meetings and Raffles
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About our new online series, ‘Picture Picture’
‘Picture, Picture’ The Photographer Behind the Photos, airs once a month in place of our meetings and outings until COVID clears. Once we get back to monthly in-person meets and outings, we will continue to host this series as an online event to embrace our extended photographic community across the world.
Zeb Andrews

Kiliii Yuyan at Blue Sky Gallery (virtual)
2020-09-27 08:00 - 17:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Kiliii Yuyan, Rumors of Arctic Belonging
September 3–27, 2020*
https://www.instagram.com/blueskygallerypdx/
*Starting on August 15th, Blue Sky will be open Wednesday—Saturday from 12PM – 5PM with priority given to visitors who make an appointment online. Visits are limited to one hour. Reserve your appointment now at blueskygallery.org/appointments
In his exhibition, Rumors of Arctic Belonging, Kiliii Yuyan will present a selection of his photographs taken throughout the Arctic, where the climate and the landscape are radically changing and those who call the region home continue to adapt. A Native Siberian, Yuyan reflects upon his role as both insider and outsider as he documents current traditions while looking towards the Arctic’s future. He writes, “A future North awaits– not cold and unchanging, but living, dying and being reborn. Everyday memories of the Arctic will pass forward as they always have, kept by its Indigenous peoples and hidden in plain sight.”
Kiliii Yuyan is a photographer based out of Seattle, but he can be found across the circumpolar Arctic much of the year. Informed by ancestry that is both Nanai/Hèzhé (Siberian Native) and Chinese-American, he explores the human relationship to the natural world from different cultural perspectives. Yuyan is a 2020 NiaTero Storytelling fellow, Pulitzer Center grantee, and one of PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers (2019), as well as an award-winning contributor to National Geographic Magazine and other major publications. Yuyan’s public talks inspire others about photography, Indigenous perspectives and wilderness around the globe. He also builds traditional kayaks and contributes to the revitalization of northern Indigenous culture.

Geralyn Shukwit at Blue Sky Gallery (virtual)
2020-09-27 08:00 - 17:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Geralyn Shukwit, O Tempo Não Para
September 3–27, 2020*
YouTube Artist Talk with Geralyn Shukwit
https://www.youtube.com/blueskygallery
*Starting on August 15th, Blue Sky will be open Wednesday—Saturday from 12PM – 5PM with priority given to visitors who make an appointment online. Visits are limited to one hour. Reserve your appointment now at blueskygallery.org/appointments
For the past nine years, Brooklyn-based photographer Geralyn Shukwit has traveled the backroads of Bahia, Brazil, returning to communities year after year forming relationships with the families who reside there. O Tempo Não Para, Portuguese for “time does not stop,” is a personal documentation of those interactions and observations of Bahian life. Set in the extraordinarily colorful landscape that contains a palette of bright, cool, and warm colors, each photograph leaves traces of a culture steeped in the rituals and traditions that bind them.
Geralyn Shukwit is a photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. Since 2002, she has traveled to South America and the Caribbean where she intimately photographs daily life, straddling the line between documentary and fine art photography. Shukwit’s photographs have been exhibited in the United States, Spain and Ethiopia, and published in National Geographic, Progresso Fotografico Italy, BIG Magazine, New York Daily News, and Post. She is a winner of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50, AI/AP Latin American Fotografîa, APA/NY and International Photography Awards (IPA), and was nominated for the Henri Cartier-Bresson Award in 2019.

Diana Nicholette Jeon, Nights as Inexorable as the Sea
2020-10-07 17:00 - 18:00 | OR
Diana Nicholette Jeon, Nights as Inexorable as the Sea
October 1–31, 2020
Artist Talk (via Zoom): Wednesday, October 7, 5:00 PM
Blue Sky is open Wednesday—Saturday from 12PM – 5PM with priority given to visitors who make an appointment online. Visits are limited to one hour. Reserve your appointment now at blueskygallery.org/appointments
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blue-sky-artist-talk-diana-nicholette-jeon-tickets-121436781683
Blue Sky exhibitions and programs are free and open to the public
“I’ve always been amazed when friends recount intricate details and entire storylines of their dreams while mine remain in shards—minute fragments of what was. Was it really a dream, or was it a previously forgotten memory seeping through to my conscious mind?”
Diana Nicholette Jeon’s Nights as Inexorable as the Sea is a series of black-and-white diptychs that reproduce the strange and unpredictable nature of dreams and memory. The artist’s uncanny yet poetic pairings of images reveal the inconsistencies of the subconscious, while their presentation in small, open-faced tins simulates the desire to hold onto these ephemeral memories, as if storing treasured snapshots and other keepsakes for posterity.
Diana Nicholette Jeon is an award-winning contemporary artist who lives and works in Honolulu, Hawaii. She holds an MFA from University of Maryland Baltimore County and her work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. Jeon’s art has received four Hawaii SFCA Purchase Awards, the International Photo Award, 11th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Pollux Award, and the Mobile Photo Award, among others, and has been featured in Gente di Fotografia, SHOTS Magazine, Pf Magazine, the Art Photo Index, and LensCulture.

PCPDX ‘Picture Picture; The Photographer Behind the Photos’ featuring Lori Vrba; a Virtual Event
2020-10-08 18:00 - 19:30 | OR
Lori Vrba, Analog Visual Storytelling
PCPDX ‘Picture, Picture’ Presents
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
6-7:30 PM
$10 contribution (also gets you a raffle ticket for the evenings GC’s)
RSVP HERE: http://evite.me/Ta5nDFt3bq
https://www.photoclubpdx.com/events/oct-2020-picture-picture-lori-vrba

Lori Vrba is a self-taught, photo-based artist with a home studio in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Her imagery and assemblage is rooted in themes of memory, illusion, loss, and revival with the southern sensibilities of storytelling. Her work is held in private and permanent collections through out the world. Vrba has curated a number of recognized exhibitions including Tribe for the Fox Talbot Museum in 2018. Her first monograph The Moth Wing Diaries was named one of the top ten photo books of 2015 by American Photo Magazine. She is co-founder of Pigs Fly Retreats.

David Simone at Dot Dotsons (virtual)
2020-10-11 13:00 - 15:00 | Dot Dotson’s, 1668 Willamette, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
David Simone, Cuba — An Outsider’s View of Place and People
Presented by the PhotoZone Gallery
October 9 to November 12
Opening is October 9th from 5 to 6pm; Artist Talk on Zoom October 11 @ 1:00
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82360060200
Dot Dotsons
1668 Willamette Street Eugene, OR
541-485-1771
12-5 Monday – Thursday; Closed Friday-Sunday
http://dotdotsons.com/
Free to the public
My wife Karen and I were very fortunate to travel to Cuba in January of 2020. Little did anyone know that in three months, travel there would be restricted and ill-advised.
Cuba had long been near the top of my travel list because of the Cubans’ scrapping yet friendly reputation and for the visual interest of the aging colonial architecture. I am interested in learning from the Cubans about their government and the condition of their lives. Fortunately, Karen speaks Spanish or we would be left like so many tourists, unable to communicate and really understand what is going on. Many Cubans do know at least small amounts of many languages. Cuba is truly an international travel destination. We meet travelers from all over the world and when almost out of luck in the boonies, hitched a ride with a Russian family on a horse drawn taxi. Now travel has all but dried up and like so many people around the globe, the Cuban’s fiscal health is threatened.
For this show, I choose to focus on my images taken roaming the streets of Havana and the provincial capitals of Cuba. As an architectural photographer, I am drawn to the colonial relics and unique facades of a country that has been scrapping for it’s existence for decades. I often got up before dawn to photograph and we would explore in the evenings photographing and enjoying the people and music. My thanks to Karen for her patience while I stopped yet again to photograph.
I have been working on improving my photographic imagery for over 50 years. After studying photography in high school and at a community college in California, I received a BFA from the U of O in visual design and photography. While continuing a fine art practice, I opened Lightworks Photography doing commercial and architectural photography as well as portraiture. I stopped doing commercial work four years ago and am now working on creating photographic imagery that portrays our amazing world.
Artist Talk on Zoom October 11 @ 1:00
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82360060200

Presented by the PhotoZone Gallery, a collection of diverse individuals interested in the art and craft of photography. A wide variety of skills are valued which range from masters of silver print, platinum/Palladium, gum bichromate, etc., to enthusiasts of digital production. Many kinds of work are welcome, including hand-colored, airbrush, 3-D, collage, HDR, portraiture, street photography, nature photography, abstract expression, mixed media, and the list goes on.
Photography At Oregon
supports the area’s photography teaching
programs. It has done so for more than 50 years
promoting the fine art of photography, sponsoring
exhibits, lectures, classes, and workshops, inviting
photographers of national and international reputation,
and showing works of historical importance.
Photography At Oregon
PO Box 50874
Eugene OR 97405
www.photographyatoregon.org/
541-686-1240
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Angel O'Brien, The Distance of Forgetting
2020-10-14 17:00 - 18:00 | OR
Angel O’Brien, The Distance of Forgetting
October 1–31, 2020
Artist Talk: Wednesday, October 14, 5:00 PM
Blue Sky is open Wednesday—Saturday from 12PM – 5PM with priority given to visitors who make an appointment online. Visits are limited to one hour. Reserve your appointment now at blueskygallery.org/appointments
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blue-sky-artist-talk-angel-obrien-tickets-121442498783
Blue Sky exhibitions and programs are free and open to the public
In her series, The Distance of Forgetting, photographer Angel O’Brien uses self-portraiture to look inward while exploring her place in the world around her. The images in the series are the result of intuitive processes, and O’Brien’s unconventional poses and surreal manipulation of her body visualize the complex, layered nature of identity while also disrupting conventional expectations of femininity. Similarly, the artist pushes photography into experimental territory, often using multiple alternative analog and digital photographic processes and incorporating graphite, colored pencil, and ink into her handmade prints.
As O’Brien explains, “I’m giving the viewer not simply a picture, but instead a moment in time that may explore melancholy, censorship, sight/insight/blindness, daydreaming or simply existing in the world as a woman, mother, lover, or friend. Though I use myself in my work, and certainly my experiences influence what I create, I don’t really see it necessarily as self-portraiture. These works are not meant to solely tell my story, but rather are inspired by the experiences of being a woman in the world today.”
Angel O’Brien is a writer and artist based in Portland and San Francisco. Her photography has been exhibited in the United States and in Europe, most recently at Lightbox Photographic Gallery in Astoria and the Albatross Gallery in Gold Hill, Oregon. The Distance of Forgetting was selected for the Critical Mass Top 200 in 2019.

Bill Laing, S.J. Luke, Paul Barden and Phil Coleman at Linn-Benton Community College w/virtual talk
2020-10-20 17:00 - 18:00 | OR
Bill Laing, S.J. Luke, Paul Barden and Phil Coleman, POV/Botaniques
An on-line exhibit presented by the Art Gallery at Linn-Benton Community College
https://www.linnbenton.edu/student-life/arts-and-performance/galleries/digital-exhibitions.php
October 14 through December 9, 2020
Gallery Talk on Zoom October 20th from 5 to 6pm
https://linnbenton.zoom.us/j/93335169122
Linn-Benton Community College
6500 SW Pacific Blvd.
Albany, Oregon 97321
541-917-4999
linnbenton.edu
“POV/botaniques” is an on-line exhibit featuring four perspectives on plant photography hosted by the Art Gallery at Linn-Benton Community College Oct. 14 through Dec. 31. Because the Albany campus is closed to events this term, the exhibit has moved on-line. It can be seen at https://www.linnbenton.edu/student-life/arts-and-performance/galleries/digital-exhibitions.php
The photographers, one from Arizona, one from Northern California and two from the Corvallis area, will take part in a Zoom gallery talk on Oct. 20 from 5-6 p.m.. The talk is open to the public at https://linnbenton.zoom.us/j/93335169122.
Each of the four photographers in the show take a different approach to their search for art within various forms of flora:
•Phil Coleman explores the hidden details deep within flowers through extreme closeup views that play with color and design. “The symmetry and frequent color contrasts, undoubtedly encoded in their genes, attract my eye,” says the Philomath photographer. “Most of the time, a macro lens combined with the merger of many images (focus stacking) let me show features that would be hard to capture in a single photo.”
•Stephanie Luke uses light and shadow to reveal surprisingly mysterious milieus in the natural surroundings of her suburban neighborhood of Cottonwood, Calif. “The search for inspiration is an on-going part of our journey as artists,” says Luke. “My hope is to always be flexible and open enough to realize when it appears. This group of images represents a sampling of what I discovered.”
•Bill Laing, who recently relocated from Corvallis to Oro Valley, Ariz., shares his fascination with the unexpected color and beauty of cacti in the Sonoran Desert around his new home. “I’ve tried to make images that are expressive and evocative through closeup attention to detail and revealing perspective,” explains Laing. “The trick is to slow down and see these plants for what they are—exquisite designs by nature, perfectly adapted to their harsh surroundings.”
•Paul Barden, who lives on a small farm outside Corvallis, is a multi-talented photographer who enjoys learning a variety of photographic processes. For this show Barden exhibits a selection of elegant, often brooding, still lifes made with his 5×7- and 8×10-inch wet-plate cameras, a technically demanding process that dates to the 19th century. After reading “The Secret Life of Plants” as a teenager, Barden says he came to think of our planet’s botanical inhabitants as being on par with our own lives: “complex, aware, and exquisitely responsive to their environments. From that moment on, I saw plant life differently, and my work has long celebrated these Children of The Soil.”

Jay Mather at the Portland Art Museum (Virtual)
2020-10-21 12:00 - 13:00 | OR
Jay Mather, From Cambodia to the Cascades: A photographer’s visual life
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’s
Brown Bag Lunch Talk Series
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 Noon – 1 pm
Zoom: Click here to register
From Cambodia to the Cascades: A photographer’s visual life.
A photojournalist working in the newspaper industry covers wide-ranging topics, events, and people. In the arc of my fifty-year career there are several topics that are the core of my evolution from Pulitzer Prize photojournalism to the serenity of landscape photography in Oregon.
When I reflect on these projects, I understand how each one moved me visually in a new direction and added a deeper respect for the value of documentary photography.
From Cambodia, Yosemite National Park, the world of ballet, artists of the Sisters Folk Festival and now central Oregon, telling the story of my home, this is my photographic life.
Jay Mather is a Pulitzer Prize awarded photojournalist. His interest in photography
began while he was a United States Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia, 1969-70.
During his career he worked in Denver, Colorado, Louisville, Kentucky, and
Sacramento, California.
During Jay’s career he has covered a wide range of subjects and people. He has
spent time with Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity, Pope John Paul II
and President Clinton. On the other end of the spectrum he has worked on projects
about hunger, homelessness, AIDS, and other issues that remain timely today.
In November 1979, while working for the Courier-Journal in Louisville,
Kentucky, Jay and fellow journalist Joel Brinkley, traveled to the Thailand-
Cambodia border to document the massive exodus of Cambodian refugees fleeing
the wrath of the Khmer Rouge regime and the invading North Vietnamese Army.
This was the beginning of what the world would come to know as the Killing
Fields. Their stories and photographs, a four-day series published in the
Louisville Courier-Journal, were awarded the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for International
Reporting.
Jay has also been a recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Coverage of
the Disadvantaged.
Jay has a deep love and respect for the environment. He has hiked and climbed
while photographing throughout the western United States for projects on
Yosemite National Park, the Desert Protection Act in California, the declining
health of the Sierra mountain range, and climate change in Colorado River
Basin. The Yosemite Association published his book, “Yosemite, A Landscape of
Life,” in 1990 for the centennial celebration of the park. For this project he was a
finalist in the 1991 Pulitzer Prize Feature Photography category.
Jay’s current work examines the natural beauty of central Oregon, the Cascade
Range and the high desert and the threats brought by climate change. He divides
his efforts between the Deschutes Land Trust and the Sisters Folk Festival,
documenting the activities in those non-profit organizations.
Jay Mather
jaymather.com

Dan and Stephanie Peterka at Pushdot Studio
2020-11-06 08:30 - 17:00 | Pushdot Studio, 2505 SE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Dan and Stephanie Peterka, SKALKA
OPEN/CLOSE: Nov 6th, 2020 – Jan 29th, 2021
Pushdot Studio
2505 SE 11th Avenue, Suite 104
(in the Ford Building, enter on Division Street)
Portland, OR 97202
503.224.5925
www.pushdotstudio.com
lincoln@pushdotstudio.com
Mon-Fri. 8:30am to 5:00pm, free admission
MASKS REQUIRED

Patrick Plaia at PhotoZone Gallery
2020-11-06 17:00 - 20:00 | PhotoZone Gallery, 22 West 7th Ave, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Patrick Plaia, Graves of Rarotonga
Featured Artist, PhotoZone Gallery
November 5 to December 1, 2020
Reception: November 6th, 2020 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm
MASKS REQUIRED
PhotoZone Gallery
22 West 7th Ave.
Eugene, Oregon
541-683-0759
12:00 to 6:00 pm Tuesday through Sunday
https://www.photozonegallery.com/
Open to the public
Rarotonga is the main island of the Cook Island group, which is located in the South Pacific between the Fiji Islands and the Polynesian Islands. It is populated by Polynesian Maori and New Zealand English. I visited the Islands for three weeks in the Spring of 2001.
Traveling around the Islands I noticed graves and gravestones decorated with colorful plastic flowers and portraits of the deceased. These gravestones were not only in churchyards but along roadsides, on the edges of farm fields, and in resident’s front yards. The Maori are very connected with their ancestors and feel more confortable having past family members close by. Their relationship with the deceased shows a blend of native religion and Christianity.
I photographed this project on black and white infrared film. They are printed on silver gelatin photographic paper and hand painted with oils.

Christopher Landis at NewZone Gallery
2020-11-08 13:00 - 15:00 | New Zone Gallery, 110 E 11th Ave, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Christopher Landis, Las Vegas Pandemic 2020
Presented by Photography At Oregon
November 4th through November 30th
Reception is November 6 from 5pm to 8pm
An Artist Talk will take place on ZOOM at 1:00 pm November 8th
Use this link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84646523312 to join
NewZone Gallery, Klausmeier Room
22 West 7th Ave Eugene, Oregon
(541) 517-1488‬ Steve LaRiccia, Gallery Coordinator
Tuesday through Sunday 12 to 6pm
Mask Required
By March 18th 2020, a statewide response to the COVID-19 pandemic ordered the closure of all non-essential Nevada businesses. Overnight, Las Vegas casinos, hotels, restaurants, clubs and shops were shuttered. With a workforce dependent on tourism, the city was hit hard by unemployment resulting from the temporary pandemic closures. Host to an annual 42,000,000 visitors, the famed “Strip” was suddenly a western ghost town. The thousands of autos and pedestrians that packed Las Vegas Boulevard, all but disappeared. Skateboards and families on bicycles were seen cruising the abandoned strip. Known as the busiest intersection in the world, the junction of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana was all but vacant.
In early May, after 78 days mandated closure, some Las Vegas attractions gradually reopened with reduced occupancy, social distancing and COVID-19 cleaning protocols. Christopher Landis has captured this surreal Las Vegas landscape at one of it’s most poignant moments in his series of photographs exhibited at the NewZone Gallery in Eugene, Oregon.
Christopher has an MFA in Photography and an MA in History. His fine art landscape portfolios have been exhibited and collected throughout the United States. Landis’ documentary works Pilgrimage: Images from Manzanar, and In Search of Eldorado: The Salton Sea earned international recognition. New projects in process include, Names on the Land, Common Places: American Battlefields, Viewpoints, Return to Eldorado: The Salton Sea and Las Vegas Pandemic 2020. Recently retired from a 45 year career as a business owner/manager, decades of photo works will soon be published in print and on the web.
https://www.christopherlandis.com/
