The LightBox Winter Members Exhibit
2024-12-14 16:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
The LightBox Winter Members Exhibit

Opening: December 14th, 2024 4-7pm on Saturday
December 14, 2024 – February 1, 2025
LightBox Photographic Gallery & Fine Printing
1045 Marine Drive
Astoria, Oregon 97103
(503) 468-0238
Hours: Wednesday – Saturday 12 pm to 5 pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery opens 200, The LightBox Winter Members Exhibit, from 4-7pm on Saturday December 14th. The 200th Exhibit at LightBox Photographic Gallery consists of the work of members of the gallery with a thank you for all their support and interest. The exhibit runs through February 1, 2025. Complete show info is on the LightBox website, http://lightbox-photographic.c…. Contact LightBox at 503-468-0238. LightBox is located at 1045 Marine Drive, hours Wed. – Sat., 12 – 5:00pm

The 200th Exhibit at LightBox Photographic Gallery consists of the work of the Members of the Gallery with a thank you for all their support and interest.
David McCrae • Bill Kirby • Larry Huhn • Rich Bergemen • Loren Nelson • Donald MacDonald • Terry Thompson • Kathy Radie • Roger Dorband • Richard Kohler • Dan Gerth • Don Frank • Laura Kurtenbach • Matt Ragen • Walt O’Brien • Chris Villiers • Michael Puff • Jim Fitzgerald • Jason Biehner • Marc McVey • John Albers-Mead • Sam Blair • Ronald Butler • Mark Kronquist • Kimberly Sawyer • Michelle Swanson • Martha Clarkson • Paul Cunningham • Bruce Dumdei • Walt Duddington • Julie Moore • Phillip Burger • Dave Hanson • Bob Levine • Ed Hamilton • Sandy Brown Jensen • Larry Bullis • Jane Allyn • Matthew Norman • Joni Kabana • Kelly James • Stu Levy • Jeremy Akins • Eleanor Gorman • Steven Goldberg • Ernst Ulrich-Shaefer • Betsy Carnes • Horatio Law • Marc McVey • Jody Miller • David White • Rachel Wolf
And more to come…….

Apply now to the 2025 Pacific Northwest Drawers
2024-12-18 22:59 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Apply now to the 2025 Pacific Northwest Drawers
Deadline: Wed, Dec 18, 2024, 10:59 PM (PT)
Blue Sky, the Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts
122 NW 8th Ave
Portland, OR 97209
Blue Sky is now accepting submissions for the 2025 Pacific Northwest Drawers. Photographers from Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington are welcome to apply.
There is no application fee to enter.
Blue Sky established the Pacific Northwest Drawers in 2007 to showcase regional contemporary photographers through an annual juried exhibition. Selected work can be viewed in the flat files for a full year at the gallery, or digitally on the Blue Sky website. The online exhibition will remain a part of the Blue Sky digital archive indefinitely.
APPLY
2025 Pacific Northwest Drawers Application Zoom Q&A Session: https://us02web.zoom.us/meetin…
Meet the 2025 Juror
Julia Dolan (she/her/hers) has curated, co-curated, or hosted more than 50 photography exhibitions since joining the Portland Art Museum in 2010. She also oversees research of and acquisitions for the permanent collection, which currently numbers over 10,000 photographs. She is a member of the Museum’s Equity Team, and is a co-founder of the FOCUS group, a North American network of emerging photography curators, historians, and nonprofit professionals.
Dr. Dolan’s exhibitions at the Museum include Perspectives (2020), Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal… (with Sara Krajewski, 2019-20), Toughened to Wind and Sun: Women Photographing the Landscape (2019-20), In the Beginning: Minor White’s Oregon Photographs (2017-2018), Representing: Vernacular Photographs of, by, and for African Americans (2017), Contemporary Native Photographers and the Edward Curtis Legacy: Zig Jackson, Wendy Red Star, Will Wilson (with Dr. Deana Dartt, 2016), and Blue Sky: The Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts at 40 (2014). She has published essays in multiple publications including Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal… (2018), Sun, Shadows, Stone: The Photography of Terry Toedtemeier (2018), Geolocation: Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman (2015), Blue Sky: The Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts at 40 (2014), and The Question of Hope: Robert Adams in Western Oregon (2013).
Dr. Dolan earned a B.F.A. in Photography from the Maryland Institute College of Art, an M.A. in Art History from the Pennsylvania State University, and a Ph.D. in Art History from Boston University. She has worked with the photography collections at institutions including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Addison Gallery of American Art, and the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University.

Michael Strain "Agua – Water Infrastructure - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Yucatán and Guatemala"
2025-01-04 13:00 - 16:00 | The O’Brien Photo Gallery, 2833 Willamette, Ste. B, Eugene, OR, 97405, United States
Michael Strain “Agua – Water Infrastructure –
Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Yucatán and Guatemala”
January 4 – February 27, 2025
Artist reception on January 4 from 1-4 pm.

The O’Brien Photo Gallery
2833 Willamette, Ste. B.
Eugene, OR 97405
Phone: (541) 729-3572
Open weekdays from 1-5 pm.
Call to be sure we’re open or to makes special viewing arrangements.
https://www.waltobrien.net/the…
These images are abstracts from our built environment “infrastructure” highlighting the means of water distribution in places where I’ve travelled including Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guanajuato, and the Yucatan in Mexico, and the Sololá (Lake Atitlan) Department of Guatemala.
The viewer is invited to consider the objects in the photograph as compositional elements… rather than being the subject of the photograph per se. In this approach the intended subject is the composition itself, comprised of the geometrical, texture, color relationships, and cultural associations of the various objects. The photograph is an “abstract” or sample seen from a particular point of view.
However, implicit in the series is recognition of the global challenges and equity of obtaining safe drinking water and the illustration of some of the means by which people have adapted.
These photographs in this group were all taken with an iPhone.
Growing up in Montana, Michael Strain was first introduced to photography and darkroom work by his grandmother at about age eight. In college he managed the darkroom in his dorm while narrowly missing the popular photography courses taught at MIT by Minor White. In the mid-1970’s he began working with large format cameras and produced a series of one-of-a-kind 8×10 color Polaroid images taken with a home-built view camera.
Recently retired as an instrumentation scientist at the University of Oregon, Strain has renewed his photographic efforts, but now using an iPhone as a primary tool. The phone is kind of like a miniature view camera with a wide-angle lens. It is appealing because of its small, inconspicuous size making it perfect for international travel and spontaneity. Modern ink-jet printers capture the crisp, brilliant colors that drew him to the color Polaroid medium of days gone by.
https://www.photozonegallery.c…
Email: michael.strain@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/micha…

PhotoZone Group Show at the Emerald Art Center
2025-01-10 16:00 - 19:30 | Emerald Art Center, 500 Main St., Springfield, OR, 97477, United States
PhotoZone Group Show at the Emerald Art Center
January 7 – 31, 2025
Opening Reception, Friday, January 10, 4:00 – 7:30 p.m.
During the Springfield Second Friday Artwalk
Emerald Art Center
500 Main St, Springfield, OR 97477
(541) 726-8595
Tuesday through Saturday 11- 4 pm
www.emeraldartcenter.org
Free and open to the public

PhotoZone Gallery, based in the Eugene-Springfield area since 1989, is a diverse collection of skilled practitioners dedicated to excellence in expressive photography. The membership includes photographers practicing variety of techniques, ranging from masters of traditional silver printing and alternative processes, such as platinum/palladium and cyanotype, to experts in digital capture and production.
The exhibition features over 20 of its members and more than 40 photographs. The genres in the show are as varied and divers as the members themselves, including, color, black-and-white, landscape, abstract expression, street and architectural photography, infra-red photography, etc.
The list goes on.
We would be delighted to see you at the Opening Reception on Friday, January 10 from 4 – 7:30 p.m. during Springfield’s Second Friday Artwalk. The exhibiting photographers will be present to answer questions and discuss their work. Refreshments will be served.
The show runs through the end of the month, so drop by anytime during opening hours to view the exhibit as well.
www.photozonegallery.com

Jim Lommasson, What I Carry: A collaborative photo+writing storytelling project with Portland’s Street Community
2025-01-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Multnomah County Central Library Collins Gallery, 801 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Jim Lommasson, What I Carry: A collaborative photo+writing storytelling project with Portland’s Street Community
OPEN/CLOSE: January 18 – March 15, 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 18, 2-4 pm
Multnomah County Central Library Collins Gallery
801 SW 10th Avenue,
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 988-5123
https://multcolib.org/hours-an…
Gallery Hours:
• Monday: 10 am-6 pm
• Tuesday: 12 pm-8 pm
• Wednesday: 12 pm-8 pm
• Thursday: 10 am-6 pm
• Friday: 10 am-6 pm
• Saturday: 10 am-6 pm
• Sunday: 12 pm-6 pm
free admission
What I Carry: A collaborative photo+writing storytelling project with Portland’s Street Community.
Since 2010, I have focused my work on collaborative photo+writing projects with communities displaced from their homes and their their homelands.
These projects encompass the stories of refugees, genocide, and Holocaust survivors who bear the burdens of the diaspora.
My “What We Carried” projects explore themes of departure and the enduring impact it leaves behind.
Each project deepens my connection with the communities with whom I collaborate. “what i carry” focuses on Portland’s un-housed community.
This project with members of our community aims to remind us that any of us could find ourselves in need of shelter should one or two circumstances in our lives shift.
Through this process of personal storytelling with object/photographs with the participants’ handwriting, giving voice to the those who are rarely heard we aspire to build a sense of community and remind us that we are all one family.
It’s been said that my What We Carried projects “humanize” the refugee.
But it’s not the refugee (or the homeless person) that needs to be humanized,
…it is us.
– Jim Lommasson
https://lommasson-resume.blogs…
Thank You RACC + Street Roots Community + Multnomah County Central Library + PLACE

Cuba with photojournalist Sherrlyn Borkgren
2025-01-27 - 2025-02-03
Cuba with photojournalist Sherrlyn Borkgren
January 27 – February 3, 2025

Cuba
$1,999
Max 8 Participants
Experience an unforgettable 8-day journey through Cuba, where every click of your camera supports the local community.
Explore the enchanting UNESCO Heritage town of Havana, then journey into the heart of tobacco farms of Viñales Valley for an overnight stay. Experience the beauty of the landscape and connect with local tobacco farmers for an unforgettable, hands-on adventure.
Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or passionate about capturing beautiful moments, this adventure is for you. Bring your camera or smartphone and let your photos narrate a story of purpose and connection. Visit Hemingway’s favorite spots and immerse yourself in the lively atmosphere of street musicians.
Highlights Include:
• Immersive experiences in Havana’s vibrant culture, salsa, street photography and scenic landscapes
• Opportunities to support local communities
• Enjoy riding in classic 1950’s cars and engaging in heartwarming interactions
• Visit World Champion boxers and boxing school for children.
• Spend a night in Vinales and photograph the making of Cuban cigars.
• http://www.LaughingPlanetJourn…
• Trip led by veteran photojournalist Sherrlyn Borkgren
• TEXT or Call 541-579-9929

Marcieline Novatore: Come Worry With Me
2025-02-01 17:00 - 21:00 | Franklin Foto, 8953 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Marcieline Novatore: Come Worry With Me
February 1 through February 28, 2025
Artist reception and book release party: February 1
Franklin Foto
8953 N Lombard St, Portland, OR 97203
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
https://www.franklinfoto.org/
In this broken world, we find hope in the worry we have, because we’re bleak, uncertain, and somehow still beautiful. These photos are all we have left, changing with every passing second, and they should make you worry—worry with everything you’ve ever desired, regretted, feared, and even hoped for. You can’t feel one without the other. Hope and worry—one feeds the other. For too long, we’ve only shown the happy photographs, pretending everything’s fine. Now, we need to capture the uneasy lives, tiredness and the things we’ve tried to ignore. To forget them would be to forget what’s left of us. So, hold on tight to each other, show up when it counts, because it’s the stubborn hope that can tear the crummy monsters down. The old record plays, its needle stretching out of tune, dust rising with every spin. We watch the sun sink on our broken horizon, the last light exposing everything we’ve been too blind to see. Our stubborn hope trumps lazy greed. Hope and worry—they’re tangled up now, and all you have to do is look around to understand that truth.
Artist Website: https://mzana.bigcartel.com/pr…

Jim Curnyn: San Joaquin Valley Fog - Fresno California
2025-02-07 16:30 - 18:00 | Dot Dotson’s, 1668 Willamette, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Jim Curnyn: San Joaquin Valley Fog – Fresno California
February 1st – 27th, 2025
Opening Reception, Friday, February 7th from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Refreshments served

Dot Dotson’s Gallery
1886 Willamette St., Eugene, OR 97401
(541) 485-1771
Monday through Friday, 10 am – 5:30 pm, Saturday 10 am – 1 pm
dotdotsons.com
Free and open to the public
Photographer, Jim Curnyn’s, use of fog as a light source is well documented in this photography exhibit. In the use of day fog you will notice the blocking out of unwanted background, objects in the middle ground appear as various shades of grey, and the isolated subject stands out. In this exhibit are rural, farm, city, and railroad themes with a speeding Amtrak Passenger train frozen on a railroad bridge with the background blocked out, empty railroad tracks at the downtown Fresno Amtrak Station, various city street scenes under foggy weather, some scenes of people in fog, and some attention given to rural farm scenes.
Spectrum Art Gallery member, Jim Curnyn, is a Fresno based fine art photographer whose work encompasses cityscapes, farm scenes, architecture, railroad environment, Fresno historical landmarks, Washington DC Area, West Virginia and France.
Much of his work is done in dense fog as can be seen in this exhibit at the Dot Dotsons Gallery. Jim incorporates the use of fog in his photographs as a means to isolate his subject by blocking out the unwanted background, muting distant objects into various shades of grey forms, causing the viewer’s eye to go to the isolated subject. Photographs made in foggy conditions create mood and can become a secondary subject to the photograph itself.
jimcurnynphotography.com

Phil Bard: American Desert
2025-02-08 13:30 - 16:00 | Augen Gallery, 716 NW Davis St., Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Phil Bard: American Desert
February 6th -28th
First Thursday Feb. 6 until 7:45PM
Reception and Artist’s Talk Saturday February 8th 1:30-4PM
Artist’s Talk at 2PM
Augen Gallery
716 NW Davis St
Portland, OR 97209
Tuesday-Saturday 11-5PM
503 546-5056
augengallery.com
Most of America west of the Rockies is covered with desert. With few exceptions it is a stark and brittle place, and things that live there must be on their game at all times in order to survive. Though it appears battle hardened, the desert itself is ironically fragile. It requires years to heal from wounds, whether delivered by harsh weather or by man’s clumsiness. One particular part of the western desert, the Colorado Plateau, is completely unique in the world. There are endless sculpted red rock canyons and towers and massive stacks of varying rock layers, geologic timelines of the region’s diverse history. It is a humbling experience to travel there. We as Americans are blessed to be caretakers of this phenomenal place, and it is up to us to make sure that while we walk and live on it, we remain inspired by its beauty and uniqueness, and tread accordingly.
I began producing photographs in my dad’s darkroom at age 8, which was essentially the kitchen at our house with the windows covered. It was lots of work but fun and it fostered in me a love of image making. Later, after working for years in a different trade, I found my way to photography school and eventually a career as a commercial photographer. All along I had been producing my own work, landscapes in black and white. In 2000 when the first serious digital cameras and printers began to appear, I began to move away from shooting film and using large format cameras for that work. As the rest of the world eventually went digital, I opened my own digital imaging business in Portland and did scanning and printing for a variety of businesses and artists until retiring in 2016. Today I consider myself fortunate to be able to travel to places that inspire and attempt to live once again in the world of an 8 year old.
Phil Bard Photography
https://philbard.com
phil@philbard.com

The Photographic Nude 2025 at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2025-02-08 16:00 - 19:00 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
The Photographic Nude 2025 at LightBox Photographic Gallery
Opening/Reception: February 8th from 4-7pm
Feb 8th – Apr 5th
LightBox Photographic Gallery & Fine Printing
1045 Marine Drive
Astoria, Oregon 97103
(503) 468-0238
Hours: Wednesday – Saturday 12 pm to 5 pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery opens The Photographic Nude 2025 with an artist’s reception on Saturday, February 8th from 4-7pm. The Photographic Nude 2025 at LightBox Photographic Gallery consists of the work of 28 photographers from around the nation. This exhibit is in its 15th year celebrating the Nude in Fine Art Photography and runs until April 5, 2025. Complete show info is on the LightBox website, http://lightbox-photographic.c….
Congratulations to the photographers exhibiting this year.
Allan Barnes • Paul Sharratt • Michael Duncan • Mark Dierker
Malcolm Lobban • Lance Pressl • Dave Levingston • Edis Jurcys
Kel Ward • Michael Kelly-Dewitt • George Johnson • Max Hinz
Troy Bennett • Kelly James • Charlie Noble • Michele Serchuk
Steve Lease • Gary Samson • Z. Bennick • Paul Cunningham
Walt Duddington • Eric McCollum • Tom Nerdier • Kimberly Pugmire
Chris Maliga • Dave Hanson • MIlan Von Brunn • Thomas Robinson

"Etherial" - An Exhibit by Linda Devenow
2025-03-01 13:00 - 16:00 | The O’Brien Photo Gallery, 2833 Willamette, Ste. B, Eugene, OR, 97405, United States
“Etherial” – An Exhibit by Linda Devenow
Showing from March 1 through May 1, 2025
Reception Saturday March 1 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm.
The O’Brien Photo Gallery
2833 Willamette, Ste. B
Eugene, OR 97405
(541) 729-3572
Open Monday through Friday from 1:00 – 5:00. pm
Call to be sure we’re open or to reserve special viewing times.
https://www.waltobrien.net/the…
The Linda Devenow Ethereal Exhibit at the O’Brien Photo Gallery is a continuation of Devenow’s Moving Toward the Emotive. This exhibit represents images taken since 2018 that encompass an ethereal presence. It is a curated portfolio emphasizing the Movement of the Scene, with the intent to lift spirits and inspire imagination – represented by a selection of Color- Black & White and Faux Color Infrared photographs.
A quote from Sandy Brown Jensen – KLCC Viz City, November 2022
“You have to immerse yourself in infrared photos to really absorb the magic. The infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum lies beyond the red. This portion of the spectrum is invisible to human eyes. It produces images that are not possible with conventional photographic films. This is Linda Devenow’s world.”
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Devenow Photography contact information:
devenow@gmail.com;
https://www.facebook.com/linda…
cell/text: 541-520-7637
You can also purchase my work at the following locations:
Maude Kerns Gift Shop, 1910 E. 15th Ave, Eugene, Oregon
Second Street Gallery, 210 Second St SE, Bandon, Oregon

Cyanotype Making Workshop
2025-03-02 12:00 - 16:00 | Franklin Foto, 8953 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Cyanotype Making Workshop
March 2, 2025, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Franklin Foto
8953 N Lombard St
Portland, OR 97203
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
https://www.franklinfoto.org/
$100.00

On March 2nd Jake Nelson will lead a four-hour workshop to introduce students to the art of the cyanotype. In this workshop students will get hands-on experience going through the entire process of making cyanotypes.
Students will learn how to prepare the chemical solution, how to properly coat materials, how to find exposure times and how to develop and wash cyanotypes. We will cover a variety of printing methods using cyanotypes.
View more information and sign up for classes at our website,
https://www.franklinfoto.org/

Fritz Liedtke: Transcendent Portraiture Workshop
2025-03-03 08:00 - 2025-03-20 17:00
Fritz Liedtke: Transcendent Portraiture Workshop
March 3-20, 2025
$595
Online Workshop via Santa Fe Workshops
https://santafeworkshops.com/w…
Portland-based photographer Fritz Liedtke will be offering Transcendent Portraiture, a virtual workshop, March 3-20, 2025.
Great portraiture is about more than the right lens and the right lighting. It’s about having a vision and connecting with your subject, to create something deep and beautiful together.
In this online workshop, we’ll have lively discussions together, get inspired by viewing master portraits, photograph weekly assignments, receive feedback on your assignments, and virtually participate in a live demonstration photo shoot – something very rare in an online class – so you can see exactly how Fritz does what he does, from start to finish.
In this class, we’ll cover:
• How to prepare for creating an incredible portrait
• How to find models and locations for great portraits
• How to overcome your fear of photographing people
• How to direct and pose your subjects naturally
• How to work with both natural and artificial lights
• How to push your portrait session beyond good and into great
• How to post-process images in Lightroom, Photoshop, and ExposureX, to create a stunning final portrait
• And much more!
In this workshop you’ll fine-tune your vision and technique to approach portraiture like an artist, and create gorgeous, surprising, moody, atmospheric, transcendent images.
Learn more and register here: https://santafeworkshops.com/w…
View Fritz’s personal and professional work here:
Fine Art: www.fritzliedtke.com
Commercial Photography: www.fritzphotographic.com
Instagram: @fritzphoto1

A Clothesline show by students of Walt O'Brien's Platinum Classes
2025-03-07 17:30 - 20:00 | Framin’ Artworks, 505 High Street, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
A Clothesline show by students of Walt O’Brien’s Platinum Classes
Showing from March 7 to March 28
Reception on First Friday, March 7 from 5:30 – 8:00 pm (calendar).
Framin’ Artworks
505 High Street
Eugene, OR 97401
(541) 683-8111
Open Monday – Friday 10-5, Saturday 10-3
https://framinartworks.com/
Around June of 2017 Walt O’Brien began teaching the old process of platinum/palladium printing at his lab. The class has 2 to 3 students per class. Since then there have been 35 students, many of which have taken the class multiple times. In 2019 Walt’s gallery hosted a clothesline show of student work up to that point.
Recently, Framin’ Artworks invited Walt’s students to have a clothesline show in their gallery in downtown Eugene. 15 to 20 students will be represented in the show and it will be on the first Friday Art Walk of Eugene.
Walt will be there to answer questions and a video presentation by Bostick and Sullivan will demonstrate the process. Platinum/Palladium printing has been done since the late 1800’s and is still practiced by many photographers.
Walt continues to offer the class on a regular basis. Students learn how to make a digital negative, coat emulsions, control contrast, expose and process prints using a modified printing method. Bostick and Sullivan of Santa Fe New Mexico is one of the suppliers of materials and has modified the process in recent years. Walt uses their newer process to teach the class.
O’Brien Photo Imaging is located at 2833 Willamette in Eugene. Contact Walt for more information at: picmac1945@gmail.com or visit his website at
https://www.waltobrien.net/cus….

Ken Hawkins, Jimmy, A Remembrance/On Assignment
2025-03-08 17:00 - 20:00 | Franklin Foto, 8953 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Ken Hawkins, Jimmy, A Remembrance/On Assignment
Saturday, March 8, 5-8 p.m.
Franklin Foto
8953 N Lombard St
Portland, OR 97203
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
https://www.franklinfoto.org/
Cost: free
Ken Hawkins will be presenting an exhibition of his work, titled Jimmy – A Remembrance and On Assignment, at the Franklin Foto Community Darkroom and Gallery throughout the month of March. This exhibition showcases his photographic work with the late President Jimmy Carter spanning from the 1976 campaign through the 2010s.
Additionally, the exhibition includes selected images from his work as a photojournalist over the past fifty years.
An opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, March 8, from 5-8 p.m., featuring an artist’s discussion at 7 p.m.
Ken Hawkins is a distinguished photojournalist who has documented politics, disasters, and conflict zones—including Vietnam, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, since 1970. His work has been featured in numerous publications and agencies, including TIME, Fortune, Forbes, Paris Match, Stern, The New York Times, Newsweek, Wired, and the British Broadcasting Corporation.
In 2016, Hawkins authored “Jimmy Carter – Photographs 1970 – 2010,” featuring a foreword by Carter White House Deputy Press Secretary Rex Granum. Mr. Hawkins’ work is currently represented by The Monroe Gallery in Santa Fe. Copies of his book will be available for sale at the gallery.
Ken’s work will be on display through the first week of April. Franklin Foto is a community darkroom and gallery space located in Portland’s St. Johns neighborhood. Contact manager@franklinfoto.org for more information.

Coffee & Critique at Franklin Foto
2025-03-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Franklin Foto, 8953 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Coffee & Critique at Franklin Foto
Sunday, March 9, 10 a.m. to Noon
Franklin Foto
8953 N Lombard St
Portland, OR 97203
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
https://www.franklinfoto.org/
Cost: free

“InSight” - An Exhibit of the Willamette Valley PhotoArts Guild
2025-03-14 17:30 - 19:30 | The Giustina Gallery, 875 SW 26th St., Corvallis, OR, 97331, United States
“InSight” – An Exhibit of the Willamette Valley PhotoArts Guild
March 12 through April 25, 2025
Reception Friday March 14, 5:30 – 7:30pm (calendar)
The Giustina Gallery at The LaSells Stewart Center
875 SW 26th St.
Corvallis, OR 97331
541-737-9315
https://lasells.oregonstate.ed…
hours: 8am-5pm weekdays and evenings during scheduled events
For its 13th biennial exhibit at the LaSells Stewart Center, members of the PhotoArts Guild were asked to respond to the theme, “InSight,” suggesting not only what is in a photographer’s field of vision, but also what lies more deeply behind the scenes. The result is a wide-ranging display of more than 60 color and black-and-white prints by 27 local photographers on all manner of subjects, from landscapes and portraits to abstracts.
This year’s show is dedicated to the memory of Lorraine Richey, a long-time guild member who lost a long battle with cancer last fall. A graduate of Oregon State University and a resident of Portland, Richey was an inspirational photographer who moved fluidly among genres during her 40-year photographic career. She is best known for her multi-layered abstractions created with her I-phone, several examples of which are in this exhibit.
The PhotoArts Guild was formed 40 years ago to promote and support fine art photography in the mid-valley and has been an affiliated guild of the Corvallis Art Center since 1988. The group has evolved over the decades from one focused primarily on large-format film photography to one populated mostly by digital camera artists pursuing non-commercial forms of the medium–landscape, wildlife, portrait, fine art, nature and more.

Film Photography Basics: Camera Operation Workshop
2025-03-16 10:00 - 15:00 | Franklin Foto, 8953 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Film Photography Basics: Camera Operation Workshop
March 16, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Franklin Foto
8953 N Lombard St
Portland, OR 97203
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
https://www.franklinfoto.org/
Cost: 100.00

This workshop is designed for beginners looking for an overview of film photography, but it can also serve as a refresher for anyone who is rekindling a relationship with the process.
We’ll begin the class with an in-depth look at film as a medium. We will talk about film sizes and the kinds of cameras they require, color versus black and white and the differences in their processes, and how different lenses can impact your image. We will then talk about how you can get the image you want by covering the exposure functions of your camera and the basics of how to use your light meter.
The class will then depart Franklin Foto for a photo walk around St. Johns to practice their new skills. We’ll then stop for a brief lunch at a local cafe before returning to Franklin Foto for a debrief.
It is important that students have a working film camera, capable of full manual controls.
Franklin Foto has loaner cameras for students to borrow if necessary. Students will need to bring their own film (two or more rolls are recommended).
At Franklin FOTO we never want finances to be a barrier to access. Please feel free to use our sliding-scale to pay whatever amount makes sense for your budget.
View more information and sign up for classes at our website, https://www.franklinfoto.org/s…

Intro to Darkroom Class
2025-03-22 10:00 - 18:00 | Franklin Foto, 8953 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Intro to Darkroom Class
Option 1: One Day
March 22, 2025, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Option 2: Two Day
March 3 and 10, 2025, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Franklin Foto
8953 N Lombard St
Portland, OR 97203
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
https://www.franklinfoto.org/
$130.00
Our “Intro to Darkroom” workshop is a hands-on class designed for those who are new to the world of film photography and want to learn the fundamentals of black and white film processing.
You’ll be guided through the entire process of developing your own film negatives using traditional darkroom techniques. From loading your film into a developing tank to working with chemicals, you’ll gain confidence in transforming your exposed film into negatives ready for printing.
The workshop also covers the essentials of photo enlarging. You’ll learn how to use a professional-grade photo enlarger to transfer your developed negatives onto photographic paper. This step will introduce you to the artistry of creating prints, where you’ll experiment with exposure times, contrast filters, and cropping to achieve the desired look in your final image.
The workshop provides 1 roll of film, and 10 sheets of photographic paper for developing and printing during class time. The workshop also includes 3 additional weeks of membership so you can continue to come in and develop more film and make more prints.
View more information and sign up for classes at our website, https://www.franklinfoto.org/

Polaroid Transfer Class at Franklin Foto
2025-03-23 11:00 - 14:00 | Franklin Foto, 8953 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Sunday, March 23, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. (calendar)
Franklin Foto
8953 N Lombard St
Portland, OR 97203
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
https://www.franklinfoto.org/
Cost: 80.00
In this class we will be removing the photo emulsion from Polaroid film and transferring it to paper.
This transfer process allows us to work hands on with our photograph and play with how the image can exist as a physical object. We will start class off by taking our Polaroid photos together, and you will leave class with at least one complete emulsion transfer.
View more information and sign up for classes at our website, https://www.franklinfoto.org/s…

The Art of Long Exposure Photography with Thibault Roland
2025-03-30 10:00 - 16:00
The Art of Long Exposure Photography with Thibault Roland
Lecture at Pro Photo Supply: March 27, 2025
In-person workshop in the Hood River area: March 30th, 2025
Pro Photo Supply
1112 NW 19th Ave
Portland, OR 97209
https://prophotosupply.com/
$25 – $135 (Eventbrite)

Photography has the power to freeze time, to capture the world and reality. In most people’s minds, photography has to be truthful to reality. It has to depict a scene, atmosphere, or event accurately. But photography is so much more than a simple tool to document our lives…
Photography is also a way to express ourselves and our point of view, to share our messages. Photography allows us to change what we see based on our emotions and intent. Photography can be abstract and minimalistic. Photography is art.
Long exposure is a technique that embraces this mindset: it transforms reality into something else, into a dialogue between the artist, the subject, and the viewer. By stretching the time used to capture a single image, the photographer includes movement in their art: water becomes smooth, clouds create long silky streaks, trees blur out in the wind… the effects are endless.
Led by Sony Artisan of Imagery, Thibault Roland, this event consists of two sessions.
The first session is a virtual lecture on long exposure, during which you will learn the process and what equipment you need to create breathtaking images using this unique technique. If you are not able to join this virtual session, it will be recorded and provided to all registered attendees.
The second part of this event consists of a half-day, hands-on workshop in Hood River area, where you will have the opportunity to capture beautiful long-exposure images and benefit from Thibault’s in-person advice to take your skills to the next level. During this workshop, we will capture scenes located along the Columbia River utilizing the beautiful landscapes found along the gorge.
Northwest Sony rep Dan Hawk will be present to bring several of Sony’s most popular lenses and cameras for this style of photography for attendees to get hands-on with during this workshop! These cameras and lenses will be limited and loaned out on a first come first serve basis.
What to Bring*:
• Camera (with bulb mode capability necessary)
• Lens (16-35mm and 24-70mm recommended)
• Memory card (bring extra if you want to try a Sony camera!)
• Extra Batteries
• A shutter release (can be wired or remote)
• ND Filter (13- to 16- stop recommended) – these can be screw-mount or square; more details during the lecture!
• Step up ring to use the filter on multiple lenses
• Sturdy Tripod
*if you need any piece of equipment, please check out Pro Photo Supply to purchase or rent what gear you may need. Your order confirmation email for this event will even include a code for 25% off any rentals placed for this workshop.
Don’t miss this chance to refine your skills and explore new photographic perspectives!

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Virtual Lecture – March 27th
Price: $25
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A lecture on long exposure, during which you will learn the process, skills, and equipment you need to take your skills to the next level and create breathtaking images using this unique technique. If you are not able to join us live for this session it will be recorded and sent to all attendees.

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
In-Person: Hood River – March 30th
Price: $135
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The second part of this workshop consists of a half-day, in-person session in the Hood River area. We will capture scenes located along the Columbia River utilizing the stunning landscapes found
along the gorge. During this portion, you will have the opportunity to capture your own beautiful long-exposure images while Thibault is on-hand to advise you. Northwest Sony rep Dan Hawk will be present to bring several of Sony’s most popular lenses and cameras for this style of photography for attendees to get hands-on with during this workshop! These cameras and lenses will be limited and loaned out on a first come first serve basis.

Scenes from the 2020 Protests in Portland by Sai Stone at Franklin Foto
2025-04-05 17:00 - 20:00 | Franklin Foto, 8953 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Scenes from the 2020 Protests in Portland by Sai Stone at Franklin Foto
April 5, 5-8 p.m.
Franklin Foto
8953 N Lombard St
Portland, OR 97203
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
https://www.franklinfoto.org/
In 2020, Portland photographer Sai Stone was on the streets to witness the protests that began in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in May of 2020. Five years later, in an era of renewed political upheaval, we reexamine that time with Sai’s images.
“Sai’s photography captures the raw intensity and significance of the 2020 police brutality protests, amidst a backdrop of social unrest and a global pandemic. Through his lens, he skillfully navigates the chaotic and emotionally charged scenes, documenting the powerful moments that unfold on the streets of Portland Oregon.
His photographs convey a profound sense of urgency and activism, reflecting the collective outcry for justice and equality. Each frame captures the human spirit, as protesters bravely confront systemic issues and demand societal change. These photographs reveal the diverse faces and voices at the heart of these movements, providing a platform for marginalized communities to be seen and heard.”
-Sai Stone
An opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, April 5, from 5-8 p.m.
Sai’s work will be on display through the month of April.
Franklin Foto is a community darkroom and gallery space located in Portland’s St. Johns neighborhood. Contact manager@franklinfoto.org for more information.

Small and Connected group show at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2025-04-12 16:00 - 19:00 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
Small and Connected group show at LightBox Photographic Gallery
Saturday, April 12, from 4-7pm
Show runs from April 12th – May 3rd
LightBox Photographic Gallery & Fine Printing
1045 Marine Drive
Astoria, Oregon 97103
(503) 468-0238
Hours: Wednesday – Saturday 12 pm to 5 pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery opens Small and Connected, an Exhibit by the Guild at LightBox, on Saturday, April 12, from 4-7pm.
This exhibit challenges the traditional notion of scale, suggesting that size is not a measure of importance. These prints, though small in scale or modest in subject matter, reveal the complexity and beauty of a world that often goes unseen.
The works in this exhibit remind us that the smallest of moments can hold profound meaning. With each photograph the artists capture threads that connect disparate elements yet resonate with deeper significance upon reflection.
Through a diverse range of techniques these photographers use their skills to build an emotional landscape where everything is linked, where the tiniest details have a ripple effect. “Small and Connected” is an invitation to slow down, observe, and discover the profound stories hidden in the simplest of things.
The exhibit runs until May 3rd. Complete show info is on the LightBox website, http://lightbox-photographic.c…. The Guild at LightBox include Jim Fitzgerald, Jody Miller, Julie Moore, Marc McVey, Rachel Wolf, Kathy Radie, Michael Puff and Loren Nelson.

Coffee & Critique at Franklin Foto
2025-04-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Franklin Foto, 8953 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Coffee & Critique at Franklin Foto
April 13, 2025, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Franklin Foto
8953 N Lombard St
Portland, OR 97203
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
https://www.franklinfoto.org/
Cost: free

Whether you just made your first print or photography has been a lifelong pursuit, everyone can benefit from using the critique to gain perspective and strengthen the quality of their art.
Coffee & Critique is held on the second Sunday of each month from 10-noon. Bring your work and hot beverage of choice and join the discussion!
We can look at printed work or can mirror from your laptop or phone to a digital display.

Zemie Barr, 2,000 Miles and Back: Traversing Changing Landscapes at Portland Art Museum
2025-04-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Zemie Barr, 2,000 Miles and Back: Traversing Changing Landscapes at Portland Art Museum
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’s Lunchtime Talk Series
April 16, 2025
Wednesday, Noon to 1pm
Portland Art Museum
Trustee Room, 4th Floor in the Mark Building
1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
www.portlandartmuseum.org / 503 226 2811
Cost: Free and open to the public

In her lunchtime talk, Portland-based artist and curator Zemie Barr will share recent photographic work made from 2021 onward. That year, she moved from Portland to Chicago, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and during a particularly devastating fire season for the Pacific Northwest. These events led the artist to create multiple photo-based series to process the grief associated with witnessing the effects of climate change in real time. Using found imagery, as well as analog and digital photographs taken while traveling across the country and beyond, the artist balances these feelings of loss with an aesthetic focus on the sublime beauty and magical potential still present in the natural world.
Zemie Barr is an artist and curator based in Portland, Oregon, where she previously served as Exhibitions Director at Blue Sky Gallery and co-founded Wolff Gallery. Zemie uses digital and analog photography to explore themes of memory, loss, and our relationship to the natural world. Most recently, her work has been exhibited at Perspective Gallery in Evanston, IL; Lightbox Photographic Gallery in Astoria, OR; Chehalem Cultural Center in Newberg, OR; and in online exhibitions hosted by the Center for Fine Art Photography, ArtDoc Magazine, and F-Stop Magazine. In 2022 she was selected as one of Photolucida’s Top 200 Critical Mass Finalists.
https://www.zemulabarr.com

About the Photography Council
The Portland Art Museum Photography Council offers its members unique opportunities to learn more about the history of photography with Julia Dolan, Ph.D., the Museum’s Minor White Curator of Photography. Council membership dues support the acquisition of photographs for the permanent collection. The members’ annual print share meeting, private tours with Dr. Dolan, and special invitations to lectures by renowned photographers are just some of the benefits of Council membership.
The Portland Art Museum Photography Council’s Lunchtime Talk series, conceived in 2009 by Past Council President Jim Leisy as a means of introducing the Portland photography community to the wealth of talent and creative energy in our region, has become one of the Council’s most popular public events. Since its inception, the LTS has offered over one hundred and thirty monthly presentations by regional and visiting photographers/artists that are free and open to everyone interested in photographic arts and process.

Cyanotype Making Workshop
2025-04-19 10:00 - 14:00 | Franklin Foto, 8953 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Cyanotype Making Workshop
April 19, 2025, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Franklin Foto
8953 N Lombard St
Portland, OR 97203
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
https://www.franklinfoto.org/
$100.00
Students will learn how to prepare the chemical solution, how to properly coat materials, how to find exposure times and how to develop and wash cyanotypes. We will cover a variety of printing methods using cyanotypes.
Students will need to submit one photo before the workshop that they would like made into a digital negative. We will print the digital negative on a piece of transparency, allowing for it to be used in the cyanotype process. It is recommended to submit detail-rich images with relatively even tones for best results.
Students will finish this workshop with a digital negative, UV sensitive cyanotype paper and their completed cyanotype prints. The cyanotype prints will have to dry, so students will need to return sometime in the next week to pick up their prints.
At Franklin FOTO we never want finances to be a barrier to access. More information is on our class sign up page.

Photographing Wildflowers In the Field Workshop With Don Jacobson
2025-04-25 18:00 - 20:00 | OSA, 2185 SW Park Pl, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Photographing Wildflowers In the Field Workshop With Don Jacobson
There will be a lecture/slide show Friday evening, April 25 at OSA,
Saturday April 26, a day in the field in the eastern gorge and
Sunday afternoon, April 27, a critique of the Saturday’s photos
OSA
2185 SW Park Pl, Portland, OR 97205
503 228 0706
https://www.osartists.org/
$350.00
To sign up: https://canvas.osartists.org/c…

Silent Stories of the Columbia Gorge - 3-day workshop on Long Exposure and Infrared with Thibault Roland
2025-04-26 - 2025-04-28
Silent Stories of the Columbia Gorge – 3-day workshop on Long Exposure and Infrared with Thibault Roland
April 26-28, 2025
Columbia Gorge between the Dalles and Arlington, Oregon
$1800

Thibault Roland is a recognized fine art photographer who specializes in seascapes, landscapes and architecture. He is a master of long exposure, infrared, tilt/shift and black and white photography, all of which he has taught for over 15 years at photography schools, camera stores (including B&H!) and private events.
Join Thibault on a 3-day workshop to capture amazing landscapes and some of the most interesting abandoned structures in the Gorge, such as schools and churches.
If you want to learn long exposure, fine art photography or infrared, sharpen your photographic and visualization skills in a small group setting, this photo adventure will be perfect for you!
Group size: 6 participants maximum
Find more details or register here: https://www.thibaultroland.com…

Intro to Darkroom Workshops
2025-04-26 10:00 - 18:00 | Franklin Foto, 8953 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Intro to Darkroom Workshops
Option 1: One Day
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Option 2: Two Day
April 15 & 22, 6-9 p.m.

Franklin Foto
8953 N Lombard St
Portland, OR 97203
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
https://www.franklinfoto.org/
$130.00
1 Day Workshop
Megan Sinclair returns to teach Intro to Darkroom. This time the entire 6-hour class will be taught in one day with a two hour break.
10 a.m.-1 p.m.: The class will learn to process film and develop black and white negatives.
3 p.m.-6 p.m.: Printing photographs in the darkroom.
Class includes:
• Film to shoot (students should pick up their roll before the class)
• Negative sleeves
• 10 sheet of printing paper
• Three weeks of Franklin Foto membership to continue practicing after the workshop
Throughout the workshop, you’ll receive guidance from our experienced instructors, who will share tips on best practices and help you troubleshoot common issues. Whether it’s perfecting the development process or fine-tuning your print’s contrast, they’ll be by your side to ensure you leave with the knowledge and skills to confidently use a darkroom on your own.
By the end of the workshop, you’ll have not only developed your own roll of black and white film but also created a series of prints from your negatives.
Total cost is $130.00
Class is capped at eight students. Sliding-scale discount available

2 Day Workshop
Our “Intro to Darkroom” workshop is a hands-on, 2-week class designed for those who are new to the world of film photography and want to learn the fundamentals of black and white film processing.
By the end of the workshop, you’ll have not only developed your own roll of black and white film but also created a series of prints from your negatives.
“Intro to Darkroom” provides a solid foundation for those eager to explore analog photography, offering the tools and understanding needed to continue developing and printing your own work in the future.
The workshop provides 1 roll of film, and 10 sheets of photographic paper for developing and printing during class time. The workshop also includes 3 additional weeks of membership – so you can continue to come in and develop more film and make more prints (you will need to provide your own extra film and paper for lab time outside of classes).
You’ll need to come stop by Franklin FOTO prior to class to pick up your roll of film. It will need to be shot before class so that you can develop and print your own photo!
Sliding-scale discount available. Visit our website for more information.

Rich Bergeman & Gary Tepfer: Desert Landscapes
2025-04-26 13:00 - 15:00 | White Lotus Gallery, 767 Willamette St, Eugene, OR, 97401, United States
Rich Bergeman & Gary Tepfer: Desert Landscapes
April 25 – June 7, 2025
Reception + Gallery Talk on Saturday April 26, from 1-3pm
White Lotus Gallery
767 Willamette St
Eugene, OR 97401
www.wlotus.com
Open Tuesday through Saturday 10am-4pm
Two veteran Oregon photographers–Gary Tepfer of Eugene and Rich Bergeman of Corvallis–are teaming up for an exhibit at White Lotus titled “From Steppe to Steppe,” featuring color and black-and-white photographs of arid territories from Oregon’s High Desert to Asia’s Altai Mountains.
Both photographers, working independently, have been exploring desert environments for decades, and while they share a love for the spare elegance of the land, their interpretation of that land offers viewers some engaging contrasts.
Tepfer is known for his striking color images from the American Southwest, Eastern Oregon and the steppes of Mongolia and Siberia, regions he has visited many times over the past four decades. “I want to capture that aspect of the natural world that stands apart from human existence,” Tepfer says. “But the locations to which I am drawn are often the same places that are the most rich in the ritual artifacts of ancient peoples.”
Bergeman, on the other hand, is a black-and-white photographer whose most recent work has focused on that portion of the Great Basin that lies within Oregon, especially remnants of the paleolakes that dot the region.
“I’ve always wondered about all those ‘lakes’ I’d see marked on maps that didn’t really exist as bodies of water,” he says. “A little research taught me they were footprints of the great inland seas that once covered the area 10,000 years ago. Intrigued, I began to search for them and find ways to dramatize this curious evidence of the past.”
Both photographers have work in several private and public collections and over the years have been published in books and periodicals.
Tepfer’s photography can be seen at http://gtepfer.com/ and Bergeman’s at richbergeman.zenfolio.com and blurb.com.
