Luke Olsen Photography

Leslie Peltz at Washington County Museum
2018-09-27 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Washington County Museum, 17677 NW Springville Rd., Portland, OR, 97229, United States
Leslie Peltz, Silos of Washington County Photographs
September 27, 2018 – May, 2019
Opening Reception, Thursday September 27, 2018 6-8 pm
Washington County Museum
Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus
17677 NW Springville Rd. Portland, OR 97229
503-645-5353
Open Wednesday through Saturday 10 am-3 pm
Molly Alloy, Community Engagement Coordinator and Guest Curator
molly@washingtoncountymuseum.org
http://www.washingtoncountymuseum.org
Photographs by Leslie Peltz of silos used for grain, seed and silage storage in Washington County are part of the new exhibit, AgriCulture: Shaping Land and Lives in the Tualatin Valley. Her pensive black and white images invite the viewer into quiet moments she has encountered in her outings across Washington County to document silos with a Holga camera.
Visitors to this dynamic, colorful exhibit will be able to touch, hear, see and learn about agriculture and the many ways it impacts our communities. Since time immemorial people in the Tualatin Valley have used their labor and technology to maximize the amount of nourishing food and valuable plant products that grow in this fertile area. Those efforts have re-formed human habits and social structures as well as the physical landscape. This interactive exhibit centers on eight oral histories drawn from the museum’s archive housed within Pacific University’s digital exhibits. These individuals, some historic and some contemporary, speak to the field of agriculture through their personal experiences and the experiences of their families and ancestors. Together they become a dialogue across time, culture and technology that highlights many facets of agriculture’s impact on us all.
Along with photography, video, illustration, and an interactive drawing station, historic objects from the museum’s collection will be featured throughout the exhibit so that visitors can experience first-hand some of the tools that have helped shape the land around them.

Charles Purvis at the Portland Art Museum
2018-09-19 12:00 - 13:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Charles Purvis, Strange associations
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’s
Brown Bag Lunch Talk Series
Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
Portland Art Museum
The Miller Room, Mark Building
1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
www.portlandartmuseum.org
503 226 2811
Cost: Free to the public.
This talk is a presentation of work created in the studio. It falls in the category of still life yet is not primarily concerned with the natural depiction of objects or of objects as symbols. The intention is to strip away conventional meaning in favor of form by foregrounding strange associations and by replacing common orientational assumptions with structural innovations determined by the particular characteristics of the 4×5 camera, film, and light. The studio is seen as a liminal space of absolute potentiality. What is to be, must be created. Entering the studio becomes analogous to the experience of going within oneself to explore imagination, creativity and the feeling state.
For many years Charles Purvis worked as a photographer in New York City creating groundbreaking imagery for a wide variety of internationally known clients. In addition to commercial assignments, Charles has created a large body of innovative work inspired by a relentless curiosity and desire to uncover the creative potential of camera, light and film.

Wendy Given at Guild Mortgage Building
2018-09-18 17:00 - 19:00 | Guild Mortgage Building, 1953 NW Kearney Street, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Wendy Given, You, Darkness

Tuesday, September 18, 5 – 7pm, 6pm talk
1953 NW Kearney Street (Guild Mortgage Building)
Exhibitions are in the gallery inside the Guild Mortgage Bldg.
Thursday 9/6, Tuesday 9/11, Thursday 9/27, 1 – 5pm
Presented by VERNISSAGE FINE ART
Contact MaryAnn Deffenbaugh for an appointment
maryann@vernissagefineart.com
971-277-4118, vernissagefineart.com

For this exhibition, Wendy Given presents vivid, uncanny photographs and sculptures resonating in the dark, unstable ground between consciousness and collective memories of the nocturnal, the nonhuman, and the wildness that resides in each of us.
Given’s practice stems from a profound interest guided by the natural world, folklore, myth and magic—magic as a term meant to conjure the notion of the interconnectedness of all life forces. Nature is prescribed as a foundation of verity, power, and mystery in her work—both intelligible and arcane. While Given’s subject matter dwells on primeval belief systems, the resulting work is distinctively contemporary—reflective of modern culture’s mode of assimilating and processing myth. Her visual craft conveys an intense yearning to honor and utilize our inherent awareness—to regain the unspoken understanding of the fact that we are all, and always will be (as humans), integral to and dependent on the natural world.
Vernissage Fine Art curates the gallery space inside the Guild Mortgage Building, formerly the Oregon Jewish Museum. Viewings of exhibitions are at monthly evening receptions, special viewing hours and by appointment. September afternoon viewing hours are:
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Wendy Given is an artist living and working in Portland, Oregon. She studied fine art and was trained in painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture during her BFA undergraduate work at Atlanta College of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. She received her MFA from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California. Given has exhibited nationally and internationally and is represented by Whitespace Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, and Vernissage Fine Art in Portland, Oregon. She is also the PDX Art Program Coordinator/Curator for the Port of Portland and a wilderness guide with Portland’s Signal Fire Artist Residency.
wendygiven.com

Call for Proposals for Blue Sky's 2019 Curatorial Prize
2018-09-17 23:30 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Call for Proposals for Blue Sky’s 2019 Curatorial Prize
Call opens: August 9, 2018
Call closes: September 17, 2018
Decisions announced: November 2, 2018
Exhibition held: May 2–June 2, 2019
Blue Sky Gallery in Portland, OR is seeking proposals for a Curatorial Prize for a one-month long photo-based exhibition in May 2019.
This second annual Curatorial Prize provides an opportunity for curators to present an exhibition of photo-based work, along with related programming and publications at one of the nation’s most highly regarded photography galleries. The program seeks exhibitions of 2–5 artists who use photography in traditional or experimental ways. Video/film are welcome. Our inaugural Curatorial Prize winner was curator Ashley Stull Meyer’s exhibition Ultra Vivid Dreaming.
Blue Sky Gallery’s ambitious exhibition schedule does naturally limit the extent of work possible (we only have 1–2 days for installation and 1 day for de-install). Within those parameters, we commonly hang shows of approximately 20–30 images, generally either framed or hung with magnets. If your work is installation based, or is otherwise rigorous to install, please be sure to directly address a manageable approach to installation/de-installation within our fast-paced schedule.
Scope of Work
• Solicit and select 2–5 artists for a May 2019 exhibition, working with Blue Sky’s Exhibition Manager to confirm artists, contracts, etc.
• In collaboration with Blue Sky staff, oversee exhibition planning, shipping of work, and coordination of artists’ schedules for events. Artist schedules and events will be finalized 3 months in advance of the exhibition.
• Write about the artists’ work/your vision for various venues including: an exhibition catalog, press release, and the Blue Sky blog.
• Present a talk about the artists’ work/your vision at Blue Sky to the public during the opening weekend of the exhibition (or at another mutually agreed upon time, decided 3 months in advance of the exhibition). Attend the opening night if possible.
• Align with the mission and goals of Blue Sky Gallery while bringing a unique curatorial vision to the Gallery.
• Prepare exhibition models and sketches as required.
Qualifications
• Awareness of contemporary photography issues, practices, and artists.
• Ability to work responsively and collaboratively with Blue Sky staff.
• Ability to organize and communicate messages effectively through writing and public presentation to different audiences.
• Ability to manage an exhibition, stay within budget, and meet deadlines.
Financial Considerations
Curatorial stipend is $750. An additional total pool of up to $4,000 for artist stipends, travel/housing (artists and curator), honorariums for writing, printing, and shipping will be available. Blue Sky will work with selected curator to establish budget for programs and publications and all budget allocations are subject to Blue Sky approval, in keeping with our normal fees for other exhibitions. Blue Sky can provide black frames for photography at no cost if the photos are of a standard size. Other alternatives to framing include magnets or mirror clips.
Submission Requirements
Proposals are due to Blue Sky Gallery by September 17, 2018. Please submit to exhibitions@blueskygallery.org, and be sure to put the write “CURATORIAL PRIZE” in the subject line. Applications will be reviewed and a curator chosen by Blue Sky’s staff and Exhibition Committee. Applications should include the following documents merged into a single PDF:
1. Curatorial statement and vision for the Curatorial Prize, including estimated costs.
2. Professional resume/CV, including a link to your website if applicable.
3. Examples of past curatorial work, including images and critical reviews.
4. Samples of work the artists you have chosen for your exhibition (and/or links to the websites of the work selected).
5. A writing sample of previous curatorial statements or published writing.
Note: The Exhibition Committee reviews proposals projected onto a screen; keep this in mind when formatting examples of past curatorial work. The preferred format for viewing images in a PDF is with one image per page on a black background with no borders. All images should be free of watermarks. Please be sure that the total size of your emailed file does not exceed 25MB. For videos, please include a link to view video(s) online in your PDF.
For questions, please email exhibitions@blueskygallery.org. Please note that Blue Sky is unable to give feedback on your application or the application process.
For more information about Blue Sky Gallery, please see www.blueskygallery.org.

The Portfolios at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2018-09-08 17:00 - 20:00 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
The Portfolios
September 8th – October 10th, 2018
Artists’ Reception: Saturday, September 8th, 5-8pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery
1045 Marine Dr.
Astoria, OR 97103
(503) 468-0238
lightbox-photographic.com
LightBox Photographic Gallery will host the artists’ opening reception for “The Portfolios” on Saturday, September 8th, from 5-8 pm. The Portfolios presents the work of 15 Photographers who were selected for the uniqueness and excellence of their submitted portfolios. The exhibit intends to reward the photographers for their photographic effort and to open the opportunity to share their vision with the public via the gallery walls. Each of the fifteen photographers will present 4 works on the walls of the gallery.
Congratulations to the Photographers of The Portfolios
Kim Adams • Norm Arnold • Rich Bergeman
Jason Biehner • Annette Burke • Rory Earnshaw
Jim Fitzgerald • Ryan Gillespie • Eleanor Gorman
Thea Martin • Ralph Mercer • Conrad Pressma
Robert Potts • Charlotte Watts • Patrick Whitaker
The Portfolios will be on display in the gallery through October 10th. Please visit the gallery during the month to see the collection of work. Complete show info is on the LightBox website at http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/. LightBox memberships are a way to become part of the community that helps to further the mission of the gallery. Contact LightBox at 503-468-0238 or info@lightboxphotographic.com. LightBox is located at 1045 Marine Drive in Astoria, hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 11 – 5:30.

Carl Weese at Camerawork Gallery
2018-09-08 16:00 - 19:00 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
Carl Weese, The American Drive-In Theater
September 1st – September 28th, 2018
Artist Talk: Saturday September 8th, 4pm – 5pm
Artist Reception: Saturday September 8th, 5pm – 7pm
Connecticut photographer, Carl Weese notes, “My fascination with the American Drive-In Theater began by chance, when I saw something interesting by the side of the road. In 1998 I was working on a series of photographs of parks and forest reserves in northwestern Connecticut when I spotted a partly overgrown screen of a drive-in theater nestled into hills, a couple hundred yards west of the road. The flat field in between was littered with speaker poles lying on the ground. After exploring for a few minutes I decided it would be a good subject, in early morning light. At dawn several days later, making several exposures with my 8×10 inch camera, heavy clouds rolled in, blocking the sunlight turning the whole scene dull, so the moment was over. When I developed the film I liked the negative so much that I printed it in my next darkroom session and immediately added the picture to my “Current Work” portfolio of platinum/palladium prints.
“Over the next couple of years I found that people who looked at the portfolio often had a particularly strong reaction to the theatre picture. Some recognized the subject immediately, but others would give the print a puzzled look for a while until suddenly the screen—or sometimes the fallen speaker poles—would register. More often than not this would lead to stories about past experiences since operating drive-ins had become scarce in the New York metro area.
“In early 2001, working on another photographic project, I encountered a theatre in Ohio, this one closed for the season but still operating, with an impressive fullyenclosed, metal-clad screen tower. In November of that year, working on yet another project, I found The Pike theater in Montgomery, PA. Closed for the season but still operational a few weeks after 9/11/01. While working with 8×10 and 7×17 cameras, something in the back of my mind clicked about, not this theatre, but the idea of drive-in theaters as a subject. I knew that at one time there had been thousands of them.
“Every drive-in theater is unique. Almost all of them have been individual familyowned operations. Often, when I was able to connect with owners or managers, I found myself speaking with someone who’d been with the theater for fifty years, or was the second or third generation of a family to run the operation.
“The concept of an outdoor theater where patrons could watch movies from their cars was created by a single individual, Richard M. Hollingshead, Jr. In 1932 Hollingshead was a manager in the family company Whiz Auto Products. He wanted to start a business, and also wanted to patent an invention he could franchise. Once the idea of watching movies on a giant screen from the family car was born, it spread with amazing speed.
“During the boom years big drive-in theaters in or near urban centers could expect large crowds. Sadly, few of these theaters can still be found. While sixty years ago drive-in theaters were everywhere, today few remain in urban settings, while a surprising number of the ones I’ve visited are in spectacular settings that could serve for a wealthy country estate. At the opposite extreme, several theaters I photographed in 2012 were situated directly adjacent to large tank farms.
“The sudden die-off of drive-in theaters that began in the early 1960’s had multiple causes: Television, and later the VCR evolving into the “home theater”. Theater owners wryly joke that the only way to get rich from owning a drive-in theater is to sell it to Walmart. Drive-ins can’t survive where commercial real estate values are high.
“By 2017, I’d made photographs of drive-in theaters in fourty-four states, always looking for theaters that had a special visual resonance with their particular landscape surroundings.”
ABOUT THE ARTIST
From 1972 until the late 2000s I worked as a freelance assignment photographer for commercial and editorial clients, while spending as much time as I could on selfassigned fine art projects. Corporate clients included IBM, Litton, Associated Spring, The Torrington Company, General Electric, and others. Magazine clients included Business Week, House Beautiful, Practical Homeowner, Family Handyman, and others.
For several years in the 80s I wrote a column for ProPhoto magazine. In the 90s I wrote extensively for PhotoTechniques Magazine and held the title Contributing Editor. In 1998 I was co-author and designer/illustrator for the book The New Platinum print—an instruction manual in contemporary approaches to the classic platinum/palladium photographic print. I continue to write technical articles for the web site The Online Photographer.
My personal projects began with a text/pictures study of religious ritual, completed on a college scholarship trip with the International Honors Program, traveling around the world during the 1969-70 academic year.
While completing professional assignments to pay the bills and support personal work, I did projects looking at life in a small rural Pennsylvania town, multiple series of pictures of the characteristic landscape of the U.S. East Coast, two different series following a traveling carnival through New England, and more landscape work ranging from New England down the coast to Alabama and Florida, along with several series looking at vernacular architecture including rural church buildings. The largest project is a study of Drive-in Movie theaters in all of the various regional American landscape settings, a project that now includes more than 200 theaters. Some of the Drive-in work has been featured in a one-person show at the Washington (CT) Art Association and will be in a one-person show this September at Camerawork Gallery in Portland, OR. Several magazine articles have featured the work, along with multiple online venues, including the New York Times “Lens” blog
PARTIAL LIST OF EXHIBITIONS, ETC.
“The Great American Drive-in Theater Road Trip”, Photo Techniques Magazine, Sept/Oct 2013. Eight page article with six reproductions of photographs.
Artist in Residence, October 14-21, 2012, The Firehouse Cultural Center, Ruskin, Florida.
“From the Road: Off-Topic pictures from the Great Drive-in Theater Road Trip”. Solo exhibit at The Firehouse.
“Working Pictures: The Pennsylvania Series,” at The Camerawork Gallery, Scranton, PA, 2010.
“Coal Country,” The Camerawork Gallery, Scranton, PA, September 2007. “The American Drive-in Movie Theater,” Washington Art Association, Washington, Connecticut, February, 2007.
The Connecticut Vision, 2006, Juried show, The Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT. In Living Color, The Gunn Memorial Library’s Stairwell Gallery.
The Enigmatic Landscape, Curated by Carl Weese, Photographs by: Jens Knigge (Germany), Harald Leban (Austria), Tony McLean (England), Carl Weese (United States), Witho Worms (Netherlands), 2005, Corporate and Museum Frame, Richmond, VA.
Two Views, Photographs of the American Scene by David Peter Arnold and Carl Weese, Minor Memorial Library, Roxbury, CT
The Connecticut Vision 2004, Juried Exhibition, Mattatuck Museum.
Group Show, West Wind Studio, Washington, Connecticut.
Steep Rock and the Shepaug, West Wind Gallery, Washington, Connecticut, Contact prints in platinum/palladium, photographs made at Steep Rock Reservation between 1997 and 2002.
The Fixed & The Fluid, Group Show of Gallery Artists, Alper’s Fine Arts, Gleason Public Library, Carlisle, MA.
November 2002, The Connecticut Vision 2002, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, Connecticut, Juried Show.
October 14-November 11, 2001, ”Spectra 2001″, National Photography Biennial, Silvermine Art Guild.
June 22 to July 22, 2001, ”Illuminations”, Alpers Fine Art, Andover, Massachusetts.
“Two Rivers: Photographs from the Shepaug and Farmington Rivers”, April, 2001, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Connecticut, Two-Person Show with Andrew Buck.
Three-Person Show, Large Format Platinum/Palladium Prints, April, 2001, Richmond, Virginia, Corporate & Museum Frame.
Annual Juried Photography Exhibition 2000, December 1, 2000 to January 31, 2001 Corporate & Museum Frame, Richmond, Virginia, Ashley Kistler, Juror.
November, 2000 Solo Exhibition, American Landscapes, Atelier pH7, Brussels, Belgium, Roger. Kockaerts, Curator.
The Connecticut Vision 2000, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, Connecticut.
The Focused Eye, 2000, Group Exhibit, New Arts Gallery, Bantam, Connecticut.)

David N Jones at The O’Brien Photo Gallery
2018-09-08 15:00 - 18:00 | The O’Brien Photo Gallery, 2833 Willamette, Ste. B, Eugene, OR, 97405, United States
David N Jones – Paper, Shell and Flowers – High Key Images
The show runs from September 8th through November 8th.
The artist reception will be on Saturday, September the 8th from 3-6 pm.
The O’Brien Photo Gallery
2833 Willamette, Ste. B,
Eugene, OR. 97405
(541) 729-3572
Open Weekdays – call to be sure we’re open
email: waltobrien1945@gmail.com
website: http://obrienimaging.com/gallery.htm
David N Jones is a photographer based in Eugene, Oregon who has been photographing landscapes, abstracts and still lifes since the 1960s.
David uses light and composition to dramatize his emotions, feelings and sensations at the moment of exposure. His goal is to capture the magic, mystery and spirit of his subjects and convey that powerful essence to the viewer.
David’s hope is that his images invite the viewer to step inside; feel the fullness and emptiness, the space, depth, detail and texture. His hope is that the images speak to you about the sense of awe, beauty and connectedness with all living things.
The prints are generated from high resolution digital files and printed with archival quality pigment inks onto acid free watercolor paper. The technical term for these is giclees. The images, protected by glass and out of direct sunlight, are projected to last over 100 years with no significant fading or color shifts.
His work has been on display at the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Jacobs Gallery at Mahlon Field, Eugene, Oregon, Photozone Gallery in Eugene, Oregon and Toad Hall in Yachats, Oregon.
You can view many of David’s images at: http://davidnjones.blogspot.com

Matt Eich at Blue Sky Gallery
2018-09-08 15:00 - 17:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Matt Eich, I Love You, I’m Leaving
September 6–30 2018
First Thursday opening reception: September 6, 6:00–9:00 PM
Artist talk with Matt Eich: Saturday, September 8, 3:00 PM
“This series borrows from personal experience, and the visual language of the everyday in order to create a fictional account that mirrors my reality. Photographs are reductions, distillations, half-truths and complete fabrications. They can only describe the surface of things, while I am interested in the intangible – memory and emotional resonance.”
Matt Eich photographed I Love You, I’m Leaving during a difficult time in his family’s life: his parents separated after 33 years of marriage, while his siblings were experiencing drastic changes in their personal lives and he and his wife and two children moved to a new city. This emotionally-charged black-and-white series is not strictly memoir, but exists somewhere in-between documentary and fiction. For Eich, the title reflects a constant in his life, which he calls “the rhythm of my peripatetic life.” He notes that “it holds true when I leave my family to photograph strangers, and leave strangers to return home.”
Matt Eich (b. 1986) studied photojournalism at Ohio University and holds an MFA in Photography from Hartford Art School’s International Limited-Residency Program. He is a Professional Lecturer of Photography at The George Washington University and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with his wife and two daughters. Matt’s work has been widely exhibited and received numerous grants and recognitions, including PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers to Watch, the Joop Swart Masterclass, an Aaron Siskind Fellowship, and two Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography. Matt’s prints are held in the permanent collections of The Portland Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The New York Public Library, Chrysler Museum of Art and others. This is Eich’s second solo show at Blue Sky.

Night Light and Star Photography workshop with Mark Fitzgerald & Lew Tarnopol
2018-09-07 18:00 - 21:00 | OR
Night Light and Star Photography
Taught by: Mark Fitzgerald & Lew Tarnopol
Date/time: September 7, 2018 6pm-11pm
Washington County, 45 minutes from downtown Portland. (Location details will be sent to registrants.)
Info and registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/night-light-and-star-photography-tickets-47975732708
Contact: Mark Fitzgerald – mark@ddroom.com
Join Mark Fitzgerald & Lew Tarnopol to explore an evening of light-painting and Milky Way photography. We’ve picked out a location near Portland that is away from city lights that has picnic tables and restrooms. It will be a moonless evening, perfect for light painting and photographing the stars. We will start off with detailed instruction on camera settings, tips for working in the dark, useful apps, night photography etiquette, and more. Then as darkness begins we’ll experiment with light painting and long exposures. Once it gets completely dark, we’ll settle-in for Milky Way photography and star trails. By the end of the workshop you will have learned everything you need to know to begin having fun with your camera at night and create stunning images.

Joni Kabana at Pushdot Studio
2018-09-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Pushdot Studio, 2505 SE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Joni Kabana, The Salt Workers of Afar at Pushdot Studio

August 3-September 30
Artist Reception: September 7th from 6-8pm for First Friday.
(**Please note that there will not be a First Friday in August.)
Pushdot Studio
2505 SE 11th Avenue, Suite 104
Portland, OR 97202
Mon-Fri. 8:30am to 5:00pm, free admission
Discover the extraordinary world of Ethiopian salt workers who tirelessly extract salt from the Dankil Depression located in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia, a region sanctioned as being “the hottest place on earth.” The series explores their extraction process, the surrounding landscape, their tools and attire, as well as some of the weather-worn faces of these devoted men.
Joni Kabana is a visual artist and communications specialist. She can be found at home or in remote villages across the globe working on magazine, NGO, corporate advertisement and personal projects, trying to stretch her beliefs and imagination as far as they will go.

Blue Moon Camera and Machine's Staff Show 2018
2018-08-25 17:30 - 20:30 | Blue Moon Camera and Machine, 8417 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Blue Moon Camera and Machine’s Staff Show 2018
August 25th 5:30-8:30pm
Blue Moon Camera and Machine
8417 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR 97203

Please go around the block behind the store and enter on N Kellogg Street.
Enter through the giant Circle Gate.

503-978-0333
M-F 9-6, Sat. 9-5
sales@bluemooncamera.com
www.bluemooncamera.com
Regulars to the shop know that the crew here at Blue Moon Camera share a deep passion for photography and an appreciation for a wide, wide range of mediums of artistic expression. Throughout the year, we work to highlight the inspiring photography of our talented customers and community. Once a year, there is one fateful night, in which we honor the creative hive mind within our very own staff.
This year’s staff show will be a singular event that you do not want to miss. For one night only, we will transform our super secret backlot into a vibrant display of art! We’re really taking the reins off for this one – all work will have photography as the obvious main thread; viewers should be open to experiencing a variety of visual art, moving beyond the traditional frame and mat.
Take a few moments to join us and see what we’re like when we step out of our professional shoes and into our fun shoes. You may expect fantastic art, strange things, and corndog charcuterie. There will be live music – so come prepared to dance, too! Chat with us, laugh with us, and enjoy the usual shenanigans.
Remember, this only happens once a year, so try not to miss out.
To find us, please go around the block behind the store and enter on N Kellogg Street. Enter through the giant Circle Gate.

Anne Berry at the Portland Art Museum
2018-08-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Anne Berry, Working on Long Term Projects
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’s
Brown Bag Lunch Talk Series
Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 (calendar)
Portland Art Museum
The Miller Room, Mark Building
1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
www.portlandartmuseum.org
503 226 2811
Cost: Free to the public.
Anne will discuss her animal portraiture photography, especially work from her long-term project, Behind Glass. Anne will also talk about the subsequent struggle to find inspiration and create new work with a consistent voice. She will share some of her polymer photogravures and present work from her new series April is the Cruelest Month.
Anne Berry is an artist from Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known for photographs of children and animals that capture the enchantment and power of the natural world.
In 2013 and 2014 Critical Mass included her work in their Top 50 Portfolios. Anne has had solo exhibitions at the Centre for Visual and Performing Arts in Newnan, GA, The Lamar Dodd Art Center in LaGrange, GA and The Rankin Arts Center in Columbus, GA. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including The Fox Talbot Museum in Lacock, England, SCAN Tarragona in Spain, The Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Arts in New Orleans. Books include Through Glass (North Light Press, 2014) and Primates (21st Editions, 2017). Anne’s work is featured in National Geographic Proof, Feature Shoot, The Flannery O’Connor Review, Huffington Post and Lens Culture, among others. Anne is a founding member of Pigs Fly Photography Collective. Anne lives in Newnan, GA. She is represented by Catherine Couturier Gallery in Houston.

"The Sacred" group show at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2018-08-11 17:00 - 20:00 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
The Sacred
August 11th – September 5th, 2018
Artists’ Reception: Saturday, August 11th, 5-8pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery
1045 Marine Dr.
Astoria, OR 97103
(503) 468-0238
lightbox-photographic.com
LightBox Photographic Gallery will host the artists’ opening reception for “The Sacred” on Saturday, August 11th, from 5-8 pm. “The Sacred” is a juried exhibit that attracted submissions by more than 165 photographers from around the world. Fifty-two photographers were selected by the juror, world renown photographer Robert Adams, of Astoria.
Congratulations to the Photographers of The Sacred
Yuri Ozaki • Lucas DeShazer • Christoph Kapeller • Nancy Abens
Kidus T. Tesfaye • Michael Kirchoff • Charlotte Watts • Ronald Butler
Nikolaj Callesen • Tomomi Tamura • Kerry Davis • Pam Golden
Friderike Heuer • Stuart Allen Levy • Don Norris • John Eaton
Jan Becket • Ken Hochfeld • Jim Fitzgerald • Kent Krugh
Jeno Lehel • Ed Greenly • M.C. Reardon • Tom Caples
Jason Guffey • Phil Coleman • Heather Binns • Rich Rollins
Barbara Rothman • Steve Delph • J.P. Terlizzi • Joseph Deiss
Herman Krieger • Dennis Witner •Diana Welch • Susan Huber
Jordan VanSise • Kier Selinsky • David Rowe • Jody Miller
Calvin Chen • Walt O’Brien • Eric Lundgard • Pete Karnig
Michael Elenko • George Johnson • Deborah Jaques • Isaac Sachs
Stewart Harvey • Mason Hiatt • Bob Gervais • Paul Cunningham
“The photographer Dorothea Lange said that she wanted to make pictures that are “second lookers” – pictures that reward repeated viewings. It has been my privilege to assemble an exhibition made up of such photographs. The pictures record what is “entitled to reverence,” as the dictionary defines the word “sacred” – times and places and people that point beyond themselves. We stand today in particular need of such testaments. I was asked to select a few of the photographs for “honorable mention,” but this seems unnecessary. As is apparent, the photographers brought honor to themselves by first selflessly honoring their subjects.”
~ Robert Adams
Robert Adams was born in New Jersey in 1937, and moved to Colorado as a teenager. Adams was a professor of English literature for several years before turning his full attention to photography in the mid 1970s. His work is largely concerned with moments of regional transition: the suburbanization of Denver, a changing Los Angeles of the 1970s and 1980s, and the clear-cutting in Oregon in the 1990s. His many books, well-known to those concerned with the American Landscape, include The New West, From the Missouri West, Summer Nights, Los Angeles Spring, To Make It Home, Listening to the River, West From the Columbia, What We Bought, Notes for Friends, California, Summer Nights, Walking, Gone?, What Can We Believe Where? and The Place We Live. Adams has also written a number of critical essays, including Beauty in Photography, Why People Photograph and most recently, Art Can Help. Among many awards, Adams has received the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundation fellowships and in 2006, the Deutsche Börse Prize. In 2009, he was awarded the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography, and in 2014 was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
“The Sacred” will be on display in the gallery through September 5th. Please visit the gallery during the month to see the collection of work. Complete show info is on the LightBox website at http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/. LightBox memberships are a way to become part of the community that helps to further the mission of the gallery. Contact LightBox at 503-468-0238 or info@lightboxphotographic.com. LightBox is located at 1045 Marine Drive in Astoria, hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 11 – 5:30.

Andy Hann at Camerawork Gallery
2018-08-04 09:00 - 18:00 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
Andy Hann, Welcome To Hollywood
August 4th – August 31st, 2018
Camerawork Gallery (NEW LOCATION!!!!!!!)
301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR 97227
Located in Lorenzen Conference Center – Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Campus.
New Hours: 9am – 6pm, Monday-Saturday, Sunday, 10am-4pm
Free off street parking available, Stair and elevator access
www.TheCameraworkGallery.org
www.Facebook.com/cameraworkgallery
503-701-5347
California native, Andy Hann notes, “Even as a young punk I was fascinated with the spectacle of Hollywood Boulevard. Equal parts circus and train wreck, for me it has always been a microcosm of all that is funky about America. Celebrity worship, garish displays of wealth, drug addiction, homelessness, exploitation, and urban decay, all on display for mindless tourists who meander through handing out the money that perpetuates it all.
“This series represents a three-year (and ongoing) photo essay that wades through the sites and stories of the quarter mile stretch known by the locals as “the boulevard of broken dreams”. While trying to be careful to never mock any individuals, it is a direct attempt at poking a stick at our culture, and holding up a mirror to who we are.”
About the Artist Andy Hann was born in 1962 and raised primarily in Southern California. Along with skateboarding and surfing, he developed a deep passion for art and design, which he followed into art school and then a prosperous 30-year career in entertainment advertising. After numerous awards and accolades he says that he woke up one day and decided he was all done pandering to clients, picked up a camera and just started shooting in the streets. “Street photography”, he says, “is now like a booger on my finger that I just can’t shake.”

Small Talk Collective at Redux Gallery
2018-08-03 18:00 - 21:00 | Redux, 811 E Burnside St. #116, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
Small Talk Collective, Heartbreak City
August 3rd – September 30th
Opening Reception: First Friday, August 3rd, 2018, 6:00-9:00pm
Redux
811 E Burnside St. #116
Portland, OR 97214
M-Sa: 11-7, Su: 11-5
Join us for a photography exhibition featuring the work of Small Talk Collective. Heartbreak City evokes the nostalgic feeling of warm summer nights, seedy motels, female desire, and being young and free. The exhibition will feature small editions of posters available to take home right away at affordable prices!
View full exhibition online at reduxpdx.com/reduxgallery.com
Small Talk Collective:
Briana Cerezo
Leslie Hickey
Kristina Hruska
Marico Fayre
Audra Osborne
Kelli Pennington
Jen Timmer Trail
Small Talk is a photography collective formed in Portland, Oregon in 2015. As a group, we explore the nature of what it means to be a visual storyteller, pool resources, provide support and critique, and facilitate community events and discussions. We engage in the best kind of “small talk,” that which binds us together both as a collective and within a larger community of women and minority artists, fostering stronger work and collaboration. Our first book, We’re Always Touching by Underground Wires, was published in April 2018.
www.smalltalkcollective.com

Astrophotography Workshop with Erika Plummer
2018-08-03 | PJ Ranch, 23350 Winlock Road, Fossil, OR, 97874, United States
Erika Plummer, Nomenclature of the Night
August 3rd-5th, 2018
Spray, OR www.pjranchoregon.com
Price: $600 per person
Contact Erika Plummer for details and to reserve your spot:
erika.eve@me.com
(310) 486-1536
www.erikaplummer.com
An Astrophotography Workshop for those seeking a connection to Oregon’s pristine dark skies.
This weekend will be dedicated to using writing, imagination and photography as a from of empowerment for those wanting a greater knowledge of Astronomy and Photography after dark (all levels/skills welcome). This will be an opportunity to collaborate with other star seekers – delving into the mysterious culture and stories inspired by the stars, planets and Milky Way.
Workshop includes:
– Two nights of instruction and observation.
– (2) group dinners & breakfast.
– Journaling (journal provided) and discussion.
– On site camping available with fully plumbed shower and restrooms. Off-site rustic motel in Spray, OR available for non-campers.
– Daytime options for swimming and exploring nearby geological wonders (Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds, Clarno).
– Group photo and 5X7 keepsake.

Michael Abramson at Blue Sky Gallery
2018-08-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Michael Abramson, Light: On the South Side
August 2–September 2, 2018
First Thursday opening reception: August 2, 6:00–9:00 PM
Blue Sky Gallery
122 NW 8th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209 USA
503-225-0210
Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pm
First Thursday 6 – 9 pm
bluesky@blueskygallery.org
http://www.blueskygallery.org/
Light: On the South Side is a selection of vintage gelatin silver prints taken by the late American photographer Michael Abramson. These dynamic black-and-white photographs taken in the mid-1970s showcase Black nightclubs throughout Chicago’s South Side, where, as a white photographer, Abramson was an anomaly. The series led the artist to win a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1978 and ultimately launched his career as a photojournalist. Eventually the project resulted in the monograph Light: On the South Side published by Numero Group in 2009, which included a Grammy-nominated album featuring Chicago blues as heard in the clubs from the stage and the jukebox. In 2015, CityFiles Press published Gotta Go Gotta Flow, pairing Abramson’s South Side photos with new work by the acclaimed poet Patricia Smith.
Michael L. Abramson (1948-2011), graduated with a Master of Photography from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago in 1977. His work was regularly featured in Time, New York Times, Newsweek, People, Forbes, Harpers, Wall Street Journal and other national and international magazines. His work was exhibited frequently since 1978, including a solo show at Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, in 2014 and in the same year the group show on American Photography since 1950 at Madison Museum of Contemporary Arts (US). His work is housed in the collections of the Smithsonian, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago History Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the California Museum of Photography and various private collections.

Grace Weston at Nine Gallery
2018-08-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Nine Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Grace Weston, Escaping Gravity: Breathing, Dying, Swimming, Flying
August 2 – September 2, 2018
First Thursday opening, August 2, 6-9 pm
Nine Gallery (enter through Blue Sky Gallery)
122 NW 8th Avenue
Portland, OR
503-255-0210
Gallery hours: Tuesday – Sunday, noon – 5 pm
“Escaping Gravity” is an immersive, photo-based, mixed-media installation about loss, liberation, and water.
Grace Weston is a Portland-based artist best known for her miniature staged photography addressing the questions and contradictions of being human. “Escaping Gravity” is Grace’s first large-scale installation.
www.graceweston.com

Julie Anand and Damon Sauer at Blue Sky Gallery
2018-08-02 17:00 - 19:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Julie Anand and Damon Sauer, Ground Truth: Corona Landmarks
August 2–September 2, 2018
First Thursday opening reception: August 2, 6:00–9:00 PM
Artist talk with Julie Anand: Thursday, August 2, 5:00 PM
Blue Sky Gallery
122 NW 8th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209 USA
503-225-0210
Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pm
First Thursday 6 – 9 pm
bluesky@blueskygallery.org
http://www.blueskygallery.org/
In their photography series Ground Truth, Julie Anand and Damon Sauer investigate our relationship to the vast networks of information encircling the globe by photographing what remains of the Corona project. This surveillance initiative began in the mid-1960s by the CIA and US Air Force and involved using satellites to take aerial photographs of the Soviet Union and China. The cameras on these satellites were calibrated with concrete crosses 60 feet in diameter, which provided a reference for scale and ensured images were in focus. Approximately 256 of these markers were placed on a 16-square-mile grid in Arizona, spaced a mile apart. Long after Corona’s end and its declassification in 1995, around 100 remain, which Anand and Sauer spent three years photographing. In their images, each concrete cross is overpowered by an expansive sky, onto which the artists map the paths of specific satellites present at the moment each photograph was taken. For the Anand and Sauer, “these markers of space have become markers of time, representing a poignant moment in geopolitical and technologic social history.”
Julie Anand and Damon Sauer are artists and educators based in Phoenix, Arizona. They use an interdisciplinary approach to lens-based media to interrogate boundaries and explore the body as a site of perception. Julie Anand is currently Associate Professor in the School of Art at Arizona State University and Damon Sauer serves as an Assistant Professor at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh—Online Division. Both received their MFA degrees in Photography from the University of New Mexico and began collaborating with each other in 2005.

Artist Talks with Danielle Dean and Isaac Sachs at Blue Sky Gallery
2018-07-28 15:00 - 17:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Artist Talks with Danielle Dean and Isaac Sachs
Saturday, July 28, 3:00 PM
Blue Sky Gallery
122 NW 8th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209 USA
503-225-0210
Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pm
First Thursday 6 – 9 pm
bluesky@blueskygallery.org
http://www.blueskygallery.org/
Join us as 2018 Drawers artists Danielle Dean and Isaac Sachs discuss the progression of their creative work during their 2018 Blue Sky Sitka Center Residencies this spring.
Danielle Dean is an artist and educator based on San Juan Island in Washington State. She recently completed her MFA in photography at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her work is included in public and private collections and has been exhibited throughout the country.
Isaac Sachs is a photographer and engineer from Oakland, now living in Portland. As an engineer, he’s worked on hybrid cars, mining trucks, and smartphone software. As a photographer, his work examines the many ways in which humans interact with and shape their environment.

Danny Lyon at Hollywood Theatre
2018-07-18 19:30 - 22:00 | Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR, 97212, United States
Danny Lyon, Willie and Murderers
Vanessa Renwick/The Oregon Department of Kick Ass and PMOMA
present photographer/writer/filmmaker Danny Lyon and two of his films:
Willie and Murderers
Q&A to follow
Wednesday, July 18th, 7:30 pm
$10 regular/$9 students and seniors
Hollywood Theatre
4122 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR
https://hollywoodtheatre.org/events/a-night-with-danny-lyon/
For more information contact Vanessa Renwick
qualitypie@gmail.com 503-288-4341
Artist Vanessa Renwick and PMOMA present a powerful duo of films by seminal activist artist Danny Lyon. Lyon will conduct a short conversation with Vanessa and audience Q&A afterwards.
Born in 1942 in Brooklyn, New York, Lyon is a photographer and filmmaker working in the style of New Journalism. As the photographer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the ‘60s, Lyon documented major historical events of the Civil Rights Movement. His restless urge to seek out complex social stories led him across America, creating multi-year photographic studies of Texas prison inmates and Chicago biker culture. He brings the same raw intensity and vision to his documentary film work.
His storied career has been the subject of a recent retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Linked by the harshness of American incarceration and deep empathy for the complexity and chaos of life at the fringes, these two films exemplify Lyon’s legacy as an ally to outlaws and outcasts everywhere.
Willie (New Mexico, 1985, 16mm, 82 minutes, color/b&w) profiles Willie Jaramillo, a resident of Bernalillo, New Mexico. Defiantly individual and implaccable in the face of authority, Willie is repeatedly thrown into jail for minor offenses. The camera gains access to jail cells, day rooms, lunatic wards and the penitentiary cell block where Willie is eventually locked up next to his childhood friend, convicted murderer Michael Guzman.
Murderers (Arkansas and New Mexico, 2005, digital video, 30 minutes, color), shares the stories of five murderers in three different states: Jessie, newly out in NYC after serving eight and half years for beating a man to death with a baseball bat. Michael Guzman (Willie’s friend from the earlier film), incarcerated 25 years now, opening up about his abusive childhood. Pinkie, who has spent eight years on Death Row. Mojo, 13 years since his conviction of accomplice to a friend’s murder of his adoptive parents. Finally, Harold Davey Cassel, a.k.a. Dinker (who is featured in Lyon’s book “Like a Thief’s Dream”), implicated in his burglary partner’s murder of a policeman.

Rose Dickson at the Portland Art Museum
2018-07-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Rose Dickson, Invented Histories
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’s
Brown Bag Lunch Talk Series
Wednesday, July 18th, 2018 (calendar)
Portland Art Museum
The Miller Room, Mark Building
1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
www.portlandartmuseum.org
503 226 2811
Cost: Free to the public.
Dickson will discuss her process of looking for the line between art object and artifact and what is created when we, as viewers, invent histories for found and made objects.
Rose Dickson is a multidisciplinary artist based in Portland, Oregon. This spring, she participated in an eight-week residency at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Dickson’s work has been exhibited internationally and she shows with the Portland based gallery Melanie Flood Projects. Her work is in the collection of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Museum of American History.

"A Group of Three" show at The O’Brien Photo Gallery
2018-07-14 15:00 - 18:00 | The O’Brien Photo Gallery, 2833 Willamette, Ste. B, Eugene, OR, 97405, United States
Dennis Galloway, Michael T. Williams and Jerry Jump, A Group of Three
The show runs from July 14th through September 6th
Artists’ Reception on Saturday July 14th from 3-6pm
The O’Brien Photo Gallery
2833 Willamette, Ste. B
Eugene, OR 97405
541 – 729 3572
Open weekdays, call for hours
Email: waltobrien1945@gmail.com
Website: http://obrienimaging.com/gallery.htm
Jerry Jump, Michael T. Williams and Dennis Galloway each present unique approaches to the
discipline of photography.
Dennis Galloway quotes Wordsworth “…a dim and undetermined sense of unknown modes of being”,
wdhich describes the work of these three photographers. Seeing is believing.
Join us on July 14th from 3-6 for an afternoon of immersion into three photographers who are all members
of the PhotoZone Gallery organization.

Terry Thompson and John Wimberley at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2018-07-14 14:00 - 16:00 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
Terry Thompson, Latent Harmony
John Wimberley, When the Stones Sing
July 14th – August 8th, 2018
Opening and Artists’ Reception: Saturday, July 14th, 5-8pm
Artist Talks – 2pm and 4pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery
1045 Marine Dr.
Astoria, OR 97103
(503) 468-0238
lightbox-photographic.com
http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/terry_k._thompson_latent_harmony
http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/john_wimberley_when_the_stones_sing
LightBox Photographic Gallery opens two exhibits on Saturday, July 14 featuring the work of a pair of photography masters, Terry K. Thompson and John Wimberley. John Wimberley will give an artist talk at 2pm and Terry K.Thompson will give an artist talk at 4pm with the two opening receptions from 5-8pm. Seating reservations are needed for the artists talks, contact michael@lightbox-photographic.com.
LightBox is honored to exhibit Terry Thompson’s “Latent Harmony”, a retrospective collection of Terry‘s lifetime of alternative process work. Terry’s background in photography includes an art education at the legendary School of Visual Arts in N.Y.C., working with artists as diverse as Diane Arbus, Andy Warhol, Vito Acconci, Gary Winogrand and Tad Yamashiro. Graduate work was with the San Francisco Art Institute, with the top West coast artists, including Linda Conner, Wynn Bullock, Pirkle Jones and Jack Fulton. He was one of the first photographic artists to revive the Platinum print process in the 1960’s
“I’ve used the photographic medium to define and explore the truths of existence, devoid of the anthropocentric narrative. This exhibition is a retrospective of those concerns. Never trending, never current, these obscured harmonies of life need one to be “present” to make and “present” to view. I found that the Platinum print to be the most accurate and plastic of the realist processes available in the last 200 years. Other images appear as Platinum/Gum Bichromate when some color is called for.” ~ Terry K. Thompson – 2018
Also opening on this night is a new series of work, “When the Stones Sing”, from the legendary photographer John Wimberley. Last Summer LightBox presented a major show of John’s work, this year John is exhibiting something very different. Having had a career in fine art photography being known for his masterful Fiber Silver Gelatin B&W prints, for the first time in a lifelong career of print making, John’s new series is in color.
“Since 1969 I’ve photographed in black and white. During those forty-nine years I exposed, developed and printed many thousands of large and medium format negatives. But that season of my photography is drawing to a close. As of November 1, 2018, I will no longer accept print orders for any of my black and white images. A new season began about a year ago when I switched to color photography, and my intent is to focus entirely on that medium. On July 14, 2018, the first exhibition of new color work opens at LightBox Photographic Gallery in Astoria, Oregon. These photographs are respectfully dedicated to all First Nation people, past and present; especially those who in ancient times made rock art.” ~John Wimberley
Latent Harmony and When the Stones Sing run from July 14th until August 8th. LightBox offers memberships as a way of becoming part of the community of supporters that help to further the mission of the gallery. LightBox provides fine art reproduction, restorations, photographic printing, and other photographic services. LightBox is located at 1045 Marine Drive in Astoria, hours are Tuesday – Saturday 11 – 5:30. Contact LightBox at 503-468-0238 or at info@lightbox-photographic.com, and visit lightbox-photographic.com for more info and to enjoy past, current and upcoming exhibits.

Pedro David at Blue Sky Gallery
2018-07-05 18:00 - 21:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Pedro David, Hardwood
July 5–29, 2018
First Thursday opening reception:
July 5, 6:00–9:00 PM
Blue Sky Gallery
122 NW 8th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209 USA
503-225-0210
Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pm
First Thursday 6 – 9 pm
bluesky@blueskygallery.org
http://www.blueskygallery.org/
For the last thirteen years, Pedro David has been photographing commercial eucalyptus groves that are quickly replacing the natural forests throughout much of Brazil. Since the early 1900s, eucalyptus plantations have greatly diminished the biodiversity of the country’s forests, depleting the soil and consuming water and other vital resources at such a rapid pace that this phenomenon has become a global concern. In his Hardwood series, David photographs the rows of eucalyptus as they overtake the native Sucupira, Pequizeiro, Araticum, and Palo Tierra species, drawing viewers into these unnatural yet alluring landscapes.
Pedro David (b. 1977, Brazil) completed his BA in journalism at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais State in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and holds a graduate degree in contemporary fine arts from the Escola Guignard, Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais in Brazil. He has published numerous books, including Underwater Landscape (2008); The Garden (2012); Route Root (2013); and Catharsis Phase (2014). His work is housed in the collections of the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris; the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil; the Museu Nacional da República, Brasília; and the Minas Gerais State Museum, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Blue Sky exhibited David’s series 360 Square Meters in 2015 and the Hardwood series was recently exhibited at the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, DC.

Alia Ali at Blue Sky Gallery
2018-07-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Alia Ali, BORDERLAND
July 5–29, 2018
First Thursday opening reception: July 5, 6:00–9:00 PM
Artist talk with Alia Ali: Thursday, July 5, 5:00 PM
Speaking in Image workshop with Alia Ali
2 sessions: Saturday, July 7 — 11am-1pm or 3pm-5pm
For more information and to reserve your spot: Click Here
Blue Sky Gallery
122 NW 8th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209 USA
503-225-0210
Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pm
First Thursday 6 – 9 pm
bluesky@blueskygallery.org
http://www.blueskygallery.org/
“Borderlands, like textiles, are territories of exploration and zones in which we will be judged for our humanity.”
In her photographic series BORDERLAND, Alia Ali uses portraiture to explore the liminal spaces surrounding human-made borders, which are often created as a result of conflict and violence. The portraits in the series feature textile artisans from eleven different regions wrapped in their own handiwork. Rendered anonymous and removed from their environmental and cultural contexts, these individuals become characters that the artist calls “–cludes.” As viewers we must decide how the subjects behind these fabrics will be included or excluded within our own unconscious and subjective categorizations. Ali writes, “We separate good from evil; familiar from unfamiliar; threat from safety; alien from native… We, influenced by categorizations create these dichotomies ourselves.” Through this visual exercise, the artist asks us to consider: what are the fabricated barriers in society that inhibit the incorporation of others? Or are the obstacles just that: ideas, intuitions, fear, discriminations, and misunderstandings?
Alia Ali (b. 1985, Austria) is a Yemeni-Bosnian-American multi-media artist. Having traveled to sixty-three countries, lived in seven, and grown up among five languages, her most comfortable mode of communication is through image and multi-sensory mediums. Ali is a graduate of the United World College of the Atlantic (UWCAC) and holds a BA in Studio Art and Middle Eastern Studies from Wellesley College. Her work has been featured at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Marrakech Biennale as part of the Swiss-Moroccan KE’CH Collective, and Gulf Photo Plus Dubai during Art Week Dubai 2017. Her work has most recently been exhibited at the Peter Sillem Gallery (Germany), Galerie Siniya 28 (Morocco), Space Gallery (Maine, USA), Lianzhou Photo Festival (China), and Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans (USA). She has been awarded the Alice C. Cole ’42 Grant of Wellesley College, LensCulture’s Emerging Talent Awards in 2016, and she was a Gold Winner in the Fine Art Category of the Tokyo International Foto Awards.

PhotoZone Gallery’s 30th Annual Juried Photography Show CALL FOR ENTRIES
2018-07-01 11:00 - 16:00 | The Emerald Art Center, 500 Main Street, Springfield, OR, 97477, United States
PhotoZone Gallery’s 30th Annual Juried Photography Show
CALL FOR ENTRIES
IN PERSON APPLICATION ONLY, NOT ONLINE
Bring photos framed with hanging wire only (no tape and string or sawtooth hangers).
To: The Emerald Art Center, 500 Main Street, Springfield, Oregon.
On: Saturday June 30th, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm.
or Sunday July 1st, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm.
Here’s how to enter.
• The limit is 2 photographs per person. Fee due on delivery is $15 for one print or $25 for two prints. Cash or Check only.
• The finished work must be brought in person to The Emerald Art Center at 500 Main Street in Springfield either on Saturday, June 30th from 11- 4 pm or Sunday July 1st from 11- 4 pm. If you cannot deliver personally, you may have someone else deliver them for you.
• Prints must be framed and ready to hang by wires firmly attached to the back. Glass is not mandatory, but be aware that work can be damaged without glass or plexiglas.
• Frames can be no larger than 36″ on the long dimension. Frames must be in good solid condition.
• PhotoZone reserves the right to exclude submissions which, in its judgement, may be objectionable or inappropriate for the Juried Show setting.
• Unless marked ‘not for sale’ all work received will be considered for sale at the price set by the entrant. The Gallery will retain a 40% commission on all sales.
• The images will be juried by about 10 members of the PhotoZone Gallery immediately after closing on Sunday the 1st of June.
• Artists will be called on Monday or Tuesday after the jurying. Work not accepted will need to be picked up by the end of the week. Note the gallery will be closed on Wednesday, July 4th. The show will be at the Emerald Art Center, 500 Main Street. Hours are 11-4 Tuesday through Saturday.
• Prize winners will be decided by the jurors. Grand Prize will be $300 followed by $200 and $100 respectively. There are at least three additional known cash prizes awarded by individuals and outside groups. Various local businesses are providing other prizes. Typically they are gift certificates.
The show will run through July 27th and must be picked up on Saturday the 28th from 11-4 pm. Please have someone pick up your work for you if you cannot be present.
An opening reception will be held at the gallery on Friday July 13th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. Refreshments will be provided.
Jurying Criteria
Whether you are a seasoned exhibit photographer or are submitting photos for public viewing for the very first time, we hope these notes will help you understand how the show is judged, and what, in our eyes, makes a good photograph!
PRESENTATION
Photo, mat, frame and glass (if any) should be clean and free of defects. Mat windows should be cut to professional standards. Choice of frame material, and size and color of mat(s) should be appropriate to artwork in a gallery setting. Overall presentation should contribute to, and not distract from the appreciation of the photograph.
ARTISTIC
Positives: Composition simplicity and clarity; Interesting subject placement, graphic shapes, texture, patterns, contrasts, leading lines, portrayal of rhythm and motion; novel/interesting use of color; novel viewpoint, portrays emotion or dramatic moment, goes beyond surface representation; suggestive or metaphorical, evokes a sense of the ironic, humorous, fantastical, tragic, beautiful, etc.
Negatives: trite scene, clichéd subject matter, lack of unique view or execution; lack of clarity due to intrusion of negative space and extraneous elements; color(s) or tones that are distracting or arbitrarily chosen.
TECHNICAL
Appropriate exposure, lighting, white balance, focus, lens length, depth of field, perspective, camera position. Appropriate control of color, contrast, sharpening, highlights and shadows.
Choice of colors, tones or tint contribute to the expressive intent and effect of the image. Skill and crafts-person-ship in the production of traditional sliver prints or alternative techniques such as pinhole photography, hand-coated papers, etc.
THE JUDGING PROCESS
The show is typically juried by 10 or more members of the PhotoZone gallery, generally applying the criteria above. After an initial round in which all entries are examined and rated, top-scoring images are viewed again, discussed, and voted on for the various awards.
For more info:
Call: 541 729 3572 for info.
Email: waltobrien1945@gmail.com
PhotoZone Gallery website: http://members.efn.org/~fotozone/
PhotoZone Blog: http://photozonegallery.blogspot.com

Randy Olson at Camerawork Gallery (NEW LOCATION!)
2018-06-30 16:30 - 17:15 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
Randy Olson, Plastic Apocalypse
June 30th – August 3rd, 2018
Opening Reception, Saturday, June 30th, 3:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Artist Talk 4:30 PM – 5:15 PM
Camerawork Gallery (NEW LOCATION!!!!!!!)
301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR 97227
Located in Lorenzen Conference Center – Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Campus.
New Hours: 9am – 6pm, Monday-Saturday, Sunday, 10am-4pm
Free off street parking available
www.TheCameraworkGallery.org
www.Facebook.com/cameraworkgallery
503-701-5347
Planet or Plastics? Photographer Randy Olson notes, “The photographs in this exhibit are part of a multi-year National Geographic initiative to raise awareness about the global plastic crisis.”
There are millions of slum workers around the world involved in an informal plastic waste industry that is “always hiring.” This third-world “gold rush” to process plastic waste is an economy with no end in sight. With the shale oil boom, companies like Shell, Dow and others are in the early years of gearing up “cracker plants” that “crack” frack-gas-molecules into mostly single-use-plastic for food packaging. Plans are in the works for more and more cracker plants pushing peak plastic production all the way out to the year 2100. Despite growing concern and much discussion in the media this past year, corporations plan for more and more singleuse-plastic in our lives. The planet produced 448 million tons of plastic in 2015 alone — just one year! As much as 6.3 billion tons in total now sits in landfills, in the ocean, or scattered across the landscape of multiple continents. More than 40% of plastics are used just once, and then tossed. Only nine percent of our plastic waste is recycled into other products.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/planetorplastic
ABOUT THE ARTIST Randy’s 30+ National Geographic projects have taken him to almost every continent. National Geographic Society published a book of his work in 2011 in their Masters of Photography series. Olson was the Magazine Photographer of the Year in the Pictures of the Year International (POYi) competition, and was also awarded POYi’s Newspaper Photographer of the Year — one of only two photographers to win in
both media in the largest photojournalism contest operating continuously since World War II.
In 2011, Randy founded The Photo Society (thephotosociety.org) that is open to any photographer who has produced a full-length story for National Geographic magazine.
Olson received an Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellowship to support a seven-year project documenting a family with AIDS, and a first place Robert F. Kennedy Award for his story on problems with Section 8 housing. He was also awarded the Nikon Sabbatical grant and a grant from the National Archives to save the Pictures of the Year collection. Randy and his wife, Melissa Farlow, live in Pennsylvania and Oregon.

Jeff Corwin and Tyler Boley. A 14 Year Road Trip: Dual Perspectives in Eastern Washington
2018-06-29 16:00 - 18:00 | Hawk Merlin Studios, 113 SW Russell Ave, Stevenson, WA, 98648, United States
Jeff Corwin and Tyler Boley, A 14 Year Road Trip: Dual Perspectives in Eastern Washington
June 29 – August 4
Artist Reception: 4-6PM, Friday June 29
Hawk Merlin Studios
113 SW Russell Ave
Stevenson, WA
509-427-4747
please contact gallery for hours of operation
http://www.hawkmerlinstudios.com/
Black and white photography selections from 14 years of road trips together in Eastern Washington by photographers Jeff Corwin and Tyler Boley.
This is a nice one for me, it’s a lovely collision of previously separate parts of life. My old friend photographer Jeff Corwin and I have been making road trips around Washington State for a long time. The majority of landscape work I’ve made over the last few decades has been on those trips, many on the east side of the Cascades. Much of this work has not previously been printed.
Another friend of Jeff’s, David Bunker, informed him he’d opened a small gallery in the Columbia River Gorge, in Stevenson, WA. In 2005 I was hired by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad to shoot black and white images of trains in the landscape. One of our images was made in Columbia River Gorge at Cape Horn, this was my first visit to Stevenson, a beautiful small town. The second time was on the same project, we passed through for another photo location at Lyle, and stopped for food. Beverly and I vacationed there shortly after, there is a Steamship dock, the Railroad Museum, some nice shops and food, several walks and hikes close by. Every day we’d walk a few blocks from our lodgings on the river into downtown, cross the railroad tracks and leave a few pennies on them to find flattened later, past a small unique building. We had a second stay a few years later, it’s very appealing. It turns out that small building is now David’s Gallery, Hawk Merlin Studios.
I guess at some point Jeff mentioned our trips, and David expressed interest, it somehow got more serious and here we are with this show. Most of the prints are new, all made in Eastern Washington on these trips we take. It also nicely caps the end of that era, easily loading Jeff’s car and heading out whenever we felt like it. Since Jeff and his wife moved to Montana in November it won’t be quite so effortless to repeat.
So I’m really looking forward to this, visiting Stevenson again in the summer, spending some days with Jeff and Audra, who we have not seen since they moved, seeing our work, most newly printed, together on the walls of a lovely studio, meeting David, and anyone who stops in.
https://www.jeffcorwinphoto.com/
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Submission request for "The Sacred" show at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2018-06-25 23:59 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
The Sacred
Juror • Robert Adams
August 11 – September 5, 2018
Submission Deadline, Midnight, Monday, June 25, 2018
LightBox Photographic Gallery is honored to have Robert Adams as juror.
Photographs included in The Sacred might have as their subjects a town, a family, a field, a church, a book, anything the photographer sees with the deepest respect.
sacred
1) a : dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity a tree sacred to the gods
b : devoted exclusively to one service or use (as of a person or purpose) a fund sacred to charity
2) a : worthy of religious veneration : holy
b : entitled to reverence and respect
3) : of or relating to religion
4) a : unassailable, inviolable
b : highly valued and important a sacred responsibility
— sacredly adverb
— sacredness noun
Robert Adams was born in New Jersey in 1937, and moved to Colorado as a teenager. Adams was a professor of English literature for several years before turning his full attention to photography in the mid 1970s. His work is largely concerned with moments of regional transition: the suburbanization of Denver, a changing Los Angeles of the 1970s and 1980s, and the clear-cutting in Oregon in the 1990s. His many books, well-known to those concerned with the American Landscape, include The New West, From the Missouri West, Summer Nights, Los Angeles Spring, To Make It Home, Listening to the River, West From the Columbia, What We Bought, Notes for Friends, California, Summer Nights Walking, Gone?, What Can We Believe Where? and The Place We Live. Adams has also written a number of critical essays, including Beauty in Photography, Why People Photograph and most recently, Art Can Help. Among many awards, Adams has received the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundation fellowships and in 2006, the Deutsche Börse Prize. In 2009, he was awarded the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography, and in 2014 was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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