Luke Olsen Photography

Svetlana Bailey at Blue Sky Gallery
2018-04-05 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Svetlana Bailey, once there was there wasn’t
April 5–29, 2018
First Thursday Opening Reception, April 5, 6:00–9:00 PM
Artist Talk: Thursday, April 5, 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/
“Objects, places, and events that occur in separate times and places can coexist psychologically. My work supposed that this coexistence can be reconciled with photographs, which, although normally fixed to particular times, locations, and stories, are nevertheless able to travel, in boxes, or as mind images on overlapping currents.”
Until the age of eight, Svetlana Bailey’s summers were spent at her grandmother’s house in the Russian countryside. It was there she discovered the world on her own and formed her earliest memories. Sixteen years ago her grandmother passed away and now the house stands empty. To create once there was there wasn’t, Bailey returned to her grandmother’s home and constructed installations throughout the abandoned property, using objects found there and photographs depicting her life after leaving Russia to create new images. She followed a similar process at her parents’ home in Germany and in her own home in the United States, constructing photographs that allow disparate times and places to exist together in the mind.
Svetlana Bailey was born in St Petersburg in 1984, and after the fall of the Soviet Union emigrated to Germany with her family. After beginning her studies at FH Dortmund, Bailey moved to Australia to complete her BFA at the College of Fine Arts in Sydney. In 2016 Bailey graduated with an MFA in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design. Since then she has completed residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine; the NARS Foundation in New York; the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida; The Bundanon Trust, in Bundanon New South Wales; and the Mountain School of Arts in Los Angeles. She will be in residence at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York City in 2018. In 2017 Svetlana was the winner of the Flash Forward Prize presented by The Magenta Foundation and in 2018 she was awarded an Australia Council Career Development Grant.

Joe Rudko at PDX CONTEMPORARY ART
2018-04-04 11:00 - 18:00 | PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, 925 NW Flanders Street, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Joe Rudko, Intermediate Techniques of Photography
April 4th – April 28th
PDX CONTEMPORARY ART
925 NW Flanders Street
Portland OR 97209
HOURS: 11:00 – 6:00 Tues. – Sat.
ADMISSION: Free
Open First Thursday, April 5th, 2018, 6:00 – 8:00
This April PDX CONTEMPORARY ART presents Intermediate Techniques of Photography, an exhibition of images by Joe Rudko that explores both the magic and the limitations of the photograph.
Using collage, drawing and sculptural methods Rudko extends, manipulates and distorts found images to create new relationships of color and line. With an improvisational conﬁdence, he gives once-antiquated snapshots new life through creative play.
Like analog glitches, Rudko’s images stutter and shapeshift, demonstrating the malleability of photographs as representations of reality and as physical objects. Taken with the knowledge that truth is becoming increasingly recognized as an unstable concept in our world, the relevance of Rudko’s explorations becomes more profound.
Joe Rudko is a graduate of Western Washington University and has shown broadly in both solo and group exhibitions throughout the Northwest including shows at PDX CONTEMPORARY ART (Portland, OR), Roq La Rue (Seattle, WA), LxWxH (Seattle, WA), Disjecta Center for Contemporary Art (Portland, OR), Photo Center Northwest (Seattle, WA), Whatcom Museum of Art (Bellingham, WA), and Greg Kucera Gallery (Seattle, WA), among others. He has been the recipient of the Future List Award and two Art Walk Awards from City Arts Magazine as well as the Vermont Studio Center Fellowship Award. His work was also featured on the cover of indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie’s 2015 album Kintsugi and is included in the collections of the Portland Art Museum, Fidelity Investments, and the private collections of Dorothy Lemelson, James and Susan Winkler, and Driek Zirinsky.
The Work:
• Explores the photograph as malleable object for creative play and for exploring the unstability of truth in the visual
• Uses collage and drawing techniques to dissemble found material and create new visual relationships, extending the fragments and giving them new lives
• Improvisational, playful, renders photographic interpretation unstable and precarious
• Questions the photograph as a representation of history
The Artist:
• Lives and works in Seattle, Washington
• Uses the photograph as a jumping oﬀ point for exploring the perception of truth in the visual
• Shown widely in the Northwest, with solo and group shows in Seattle, Bellingham, and Portland
• Recipient of the Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Future List Award, and two Art Walk Awards from City Arts Magazine
• His work was featured on the cover of indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie’s 2015 album Kintsugi

Andy Richter at Camerawork Gallery
2018-03-31 09:00 - 16:00 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
Andy Richter, Serpent in the Wilderness
March 31st – April 27th, 2018
Camerawork Gallery
2255 NW Northrup Street
(Linfield School of Nursing – Peterson Hall)
Portland, OR 97210
http://www.TheCameraworkGallery.org
http://www.facebook.com/cameraworkgallery
Gallery Hours: 9am-4pm, Monday-Friday, Saturday 9am-5pm
Minneapolis, Minnesota photographer Andy Richter notes, “from ashrams and caves throughout India to living rooms across America, Serpent in the Wilderness reveals hidden layers and rarely seen dimensions of a profoundly spiritual path and way of life.”
This exhibition is a visual exploration of yoga that emerged from Richter’s personal practice and experience. After studying yoga for years, he decided to use his medium to search for the essence of the teachings. For more than half a decade, Richter traveled to places that are historically relevant to yoga’s past, as well as to places that embody its living present, documenting a variety of yoga traditions with many of the world’s great saints and yogis. While this ancient Indian science has roots in Hindu mythology and doctrine, today it is mainstream, global, and growing in popularity. Both a method of self-realization and a state of being, yoga encourages greater equanimity and awareness, a calm mind, a healthy body, and a compassionate heart. This photographic exhibition captures that spirit, along with the face of yoga around the world.
Andy Richter is a photographer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota whose work embodies his desire to see past surface illusions to a deeper, more universal truth. Richter immerses himself in his subject and its wider context, exploring such themes as aging and loss, self and cultural transformation, and spirituality with the heightened awareness that the camera brings. Far from a neutral observer, he is emotionally and experientially invested in his subjects, and uses color and light to engage the viewer and evoke inner experience.
Richter studied photography at the University of Minnesota and graduated with honors with degrees in Spanish and Psychology in 1999. He spent the next several years climbing and photographing the great mountain ranges of the world, where he feels he learned how to really see. Upon returning to Minnesota in 2006, his focus shifted from landscape photography to experiential documentary and portraiture. His monograph, Serpent in the Wilderness, published in 2018 with Kehrer Verlag, sheds new light on the ancient science of yoga, documenting rarely seen aspects across different cultures. He is also experimenting with camera-less technologies.
Richter’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. He has received numerous awards and been recognized by American Photography, Photolucida, the
International Photography Awards, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. His clients include Time, Smithsonian, The Washington Post, National Geographic Traveler, AFAR, Mother Jones, UN Women, The Trust for Public Land and UNICEF.
2018 Exhibitions of Serpent in the Wilderness • MPLS Photo Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 23 to May 1, 2018 • Camerawork Gallery, Portland, Oregon, March 31 to April 27, 2018 • Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, Vermont, June 1 to July 1, 2018
www.AndyRichterPhoto.com

Jeffrey Opp, Carson Legree, and Rhonda Vanover at The Esther Building Art Space
2018-03-27 18:00 - 20:00 | The Esther Building Art Space, 610 Esther Street, Vancouver, WA, 98660, United States
Jeffrey Opp, Carson Legree, and Rhonda Vanover
Through March 31, 2017
Tuesday March 27th there will be an artist talk at 6pm
The Esther Building Art Space
610 Esther Street, Vancouver Washington
360-566-7808
The Esther Building Art Space is open to the public during business hours 8am-5pm M-F
The artwork of Carson Legree, Jeffrey Opp, and Rhonda Vanover will be on display at the Esther Building Art Space this winter. Each artist has unique way of capturing transitory moments.
On the first floor of the Esther Building Art Space Carson Legree’s paintings show abstracted images distilled from current events. Her artwork layers black and white images with swirling colors that imply energy, movement, and rhythm. Although the inspiration for her work can come from heavy topics the artwork maintains a feeling of progress and positivity.
Two photographers, Rhonda Vanover and Jeffrey Opp, have their works displayed on the second floor. Opp captures images of overlooked buildings and spaces. He photographs places we may pass by regularly but take no notice of. His attention to these under-dog points in the landscapes is tender in its attentiveness. Opp’s artwork may change the way you see the everyday world we live in.
Many of Rhonda Vanover artworks are photograms; images that are made by laying an object directly on photo paper and exposing the image without using a camera. The result is a shadowy image of the original object. They are beautiful and haunting traces of the original subject.
Carson Legree http://carsonlegree.com/
Jeffrey Opp http://jeffreyopp.com/
Rhonda Vanover http://www.rhondavanover.com/
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Jeffrey Opp, MFA
Photographic Artist and Maker of Books
www.jeffreyopp.com

Magnet Academy school of Arts and Battle Ground High School Student Show at Cedar Hills Rec Center
2018-03-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Cedar Hills Rec Center, 11640 SW Park Way, Portland, OR, 97225, United States
Magnet Academy school of Arts and Battle Ground High School Student Show
March to May 26th 2018
Reception: Saturday, March 24th from 2 to 4pm
Cedar Hills Rec Center
11640 SW Park Way
Portland, OR 97225
The photography students of the Magnet Academy school of Arts, Beaverton Oregon and Battle Ground High school, Battle Ground, Washington are pleased to be showing their work at the Cedar Hills Rec Center.
There will be a reception open to the public on Saturday, March 24th from 2 to 4pm. Come see the work, visit with the students and their teachers, Annie Davern and Jon Gottshal.
These schools and others in Oregon and Washington offer photography to their student body and are always in need of film and digital cameras, darkroom equipment and supplies.
For more info contact Robert Brummitt at brummitt@comcast.net.

Deb Stoner at Portland Art Museum
2018-03-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Deb Stoner, Pay Attention To What You Pay Attention To
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’s
Brown Bag Lunch Talk Series
Wednesday, March 21st, 2018 at Noon
Portland Art Museum
Miller Gallery in the Mark building
1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
www.portlandartmuseum.org
503 226 2811
Cost: Free to the public.

For this presentation, I’ll talk about my life and career as an artist. I’ll tell you about my work of part-time teaching, making art objects for others, designing eyewear for fashion industry, and running a small business. I’ll show you the work I did that led me through designing, making and teaching about eyewear as a jeweler, and how that informed and directed me in making my current work. Photography has always been a part of it, but had been the part of my artistic practice that gets attention when I’m not too busy doing other things to earn a living. In the past five years, that has changed, with my full time commitment to making still life photographs of flora and tiny fauna. I’ll show you lots of images that might increase your awareness of how beautiful the world is, and what inspires me. I’ll tell you about the technology I use to make my work, and I’ll reveal the secret of how it is that the grasshopper is as big as the watermelon in this picture, without using digital trickery.
Deb Stoner is a fine art photographer with deep roots in craft. Deb creates still life photographs that are complex visual constructs made using the flora and fauna of a very small region, usually her neighborhood. Her work involves growing plants (or making friends with gardeners), collecting and mounting insects, and paying attention to small ephemeral events to make images with in real time. She earned an MFA in Applied Design from SDSU, a BS in Geology from UC Davis, and has taught in the Jewelry and Metals Department at Oregon College of Art and Craft since 1991, except for a few years along the way. Deb is known for her work in designing and making eyewear from a jeweler’s point of view, for developing new ideas in eyewear for the fashion industry, and for teaching those ideas to students in over fifty workshops at craft centers worldwide. As a photographer, Deb had a solo show at the Camerawork Gallery, was a Critical Mass finalist and a speaker at the SPE NW Regional Conference in 2015, a year-long solo exhibit at the Portland International Airport in 2016, a solo exhibition with Vernissage in Portland in 2017, and a recent lecture and exhibition at the Yuma Art Center/Symposium. Her photographs are in the public art collections of PCC, the University of Oregon, the Port of Portland, OHSU, the homes of many collectors, and in the juried NW Viewing Drawers at Blue Sky Gallery each year since 2015.

manuel arturo abreu and Christopher Paul Jordan at Marylhurst University (Art Gym)
2018-03-18 17:00 - 19:00 | Marylhurst University, 17600 Pacific Highway, Marylhurst, OR, 97036-0261, United States
manuel arturo abreu and Christopher Paul Jordan, Place Names
March 20, 2018 – May 20, 2018
Opening Reception: March 18, 2018 from 5 – 7pm
Art Gym
Marylhurst University
17600 Pacific Highway (Hwy. 43)
Marylhurst, OR 97036-0261
http://theartgym.org/
Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Sunday, Noon to 4 pm
Closed March 30 – April 1, 2018 (Easter Weekend)
Admission: Free to the public.
Parking is free. The gallery is located on the third floor of the central building on campus – BP John, on the south side of the building.
Place Names is an exhibition by regional artists manuel arturo abreu (Portland, OR) and Christopher Paul Jordan (Tacoma, WA). Through painting, sculpture, built environments, and explorations of language, Place Names explores the abstracted visual and emotional cues that influence how a sense a “place” is communicated. The artists each construct visual narratives from notions of the geographical and cultural locales that have been generative to their thinking as artists and poets. The works in Place Names appropriate objects such as stray window frames, graffiti-laden panels, well-worn maps, and evocations of their workspaces as signifiers of the cultural, economic, and racial influences within inherited identity.
manuel arturo abreu (b. 1991, Santo Domingo) is an artist and writer from the Bronx. They received their BA in Linguistics from Reed College in 2014, and currently lives and works in a garage in southeast Portland. Recent group exhibitions with Rhizome and the New Museum (online), the Cooley Gallery (Portland), Chicken Coop Contemporary (Portland), Veronica project space (Seattle), and AA|LA Gallery (Los Angeles). Recent publications in Art in America, Rhizome, CURA, SFMoMA Open Space, AQNB, et al. abreu is the author of List of Consonants (Bottlecap Press, 2015) and transtrender (Quimérica Books, 2016), and their debut collection of critical writing is forthcoming 2018.
Christopher Paul Jordan integrates virtual and physical public space to form infrastructures for dialogue and self-determination among dislocated people. Jordan’s paintings and sculptures are artifacts from his work in community and time-capsules for expanded inquiry. Jordan is a recipient of the 2017 Neddy Artists Award for painting, the Jon Imber Painting Fellowship, the GTCF Foundation of Art Award, the James W Ray Venture Project Award, and the most recent summer commission for Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park.
Place Names is the inaugural exhibition curated by Ashley Stull Meyers, the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Director and Curator of the Art Gym and Belluschi Pavilion, Marylhurst University.

Jennifer L. Stoots, Follow The Money
2018-03-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, 8371 N. Interstate Ave., Portland, OR, 97217, United States
March 15th, 2018 from 7:00-9:00pm
Disjecta Contemporary Art Center8371 N. Interstate Ave.Portland, OR 97217
TICKETS $10 (pre-event) / $15 (at door)
Join us for an evening educational discussion, Follow the Money, presented by Jennifer L. Stoots, AAA. This is the first in a quarterly event series produced by Photolucida that will take place in the Disjecta Arts Building in Historic Kenton.
At a fundamental level, the basics of the art business are no different than any other time in history; the tools, mediums and tastes have changed, but the art market has patterns as well as cycles. The art world can be deliberately cloistered and the market mystifying for many. The aim of this lecture will be to demystify and illuminate based on Stoots’s experience working at galleries, art fairs and as an art & photography appraiser. Many of the issues and topics addressed are relevant to many fine art photographers and artists who work in the medium today.
This presentation will briefly review:

The evolution of the Western art market.
The motivations of invention and the birth of the photo industry.
The “modern medium” and its acceptance as an art form.
Snowballing of the photography market in the 1970s and 1980s, when there was a flourish of photography galleries in the US and major auction houses dedicated departments exclusively to photo.
Top selling photographers and photographs—auction records and what’s interesting about the markets where those top tier prices were achieved.
The current landscape of the fine art photography market, including a discussion of art fairs and online platforms.

Jennifer L. Stoots, AAA, is a certified photography appraiser, accredited by the Appraisers Association of America. She has been professionally involved in the arts for 24 years, has managed and worked with galleries for 20 years, and has been appraising contemporary art, photographs and photographic archives for 16 years. She is also a photography historian, writer, art market consultant, and organizes workshops and presentations centered around legacy and estate planning for artists and photographers.Stoots earned her Bachelor’s in Art History from the University of Oregon (1994), her Master’s in the History of Art & Design from Pratt Institute (2013), and her appraising credentials from NYU’s Appraisal Studies Program for Fine and Decorative Arts (2002).
Website: http://www.stootsllc.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stoots.jennifer/

Call for Submissions for PDX 30 at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2018-03-11 23:30 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
PDX 30 – 2018
LightBox Photographic Gallery
Call for Submissions
http://lightbox-photographic.com/call-for-entries/pdx_30_2018
Submission Deadline: Midnight, Sunday, March 11th.
Artists’ Opening Reception: Saturday, April 14th from 6-9pm.
LightBox Photographic Gallery
1045 Marine Dr.
Astoria, OR 97103
(503) 468-0238
lightbox-photographic.com
In recognition of Portland Photo Month, April 2018, this group exhibit celebrates LightBox Photographic Gallery’s appreciation of the uniquely talented and creative Portland Photographic Community. In the seventh year, the exhibit combines great work from up and coming photographers with that of established photographers from the Portland community. We are looking for work that exhibits the unique vision and creativity of the photographer. One image each from 30 photographers will be chosen to be in the exhibit. This year, once again, we accept submissions without charging fees. For photographers accepted into the exhibit we ask for a gallery hanging fee to help contribute to the expenses of this yearly exhibit.
LightBox is very happy to have Zeb Andrews of Blue Moon Camera as Juror this year. Zeb Andrews is a Portland-based photographer who has lived his entire life in the Pacific Northwest. The majority of his work week is spent immersed in photography while working at Blue Moon Camera and Machine in North Portland. Much of his inspiration comes from the photographers and photography he sees circulate through that store on a daily basis, and he in turn loves passing that along. Zeb was an instructor at Newspace Center for Photography for seven years and frequently gives presentations to local high school and college photography programs on all things photographic. When he isn’t at work or enthralled in a class lecture he can often be found on some windswept beach or quietly verdant forest, camera in hand.
LightBox will be picking up accepted work at Blue Moon Camera and Machine on Saturday, April 8th at 4pm. You may drop your accepted work at Blue Moon prior to that date for pickup by LightBox. After the Exhibit we will return work to Blue Moon on May 14th and you must pick it up no later than Saturday, May 26th. We offer affordable frame installation to further help to make this exhibit a more carefree opportunity. This is an easy way to get your work to and from LightBox with no extra charge.
Please consider a submission and help make another amazing PDX Exhibit!
All the info and entry form is on the call for submission page: http://lightbox-photographic.com/call-for-entries/pdx_30_2018
Prospectus
Entry Form

Fazal Sheikh at Portland Art Museum
2018-03-11 14:00 - 15:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Fazal Sheikh
The Arnold Newman Distinguished Lecture in Photography

Sunday, March 11, 2PM
Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland OR 97209
info@pam.org
503-226-2811
www.portlandartmuseum.org
For over twenty-five years, Fazal Sheikh has focused on raising awareness of international human-rights issues through his critically acclaimed photographs. On Sunday, March 11, the artist will discuss his documentary-based photography practice and the current exhibition Common Ground, which features more than 170 portraits and landscapes chronicling individuals living in displaced and marginalized communities around the world, many times as the result of war, exploitation, and poverty.
This lecture is generously sponsored by the Arnold and Augusta Newman Foundation.
Tickets: Free for all
Reserve tickets online or in person at the Museum. Space is limited.
To reserve tickets online:
https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/lecture-fazal-sheikh/?instance_id=28936
The Portland Art Museum is pleased to offer accommodations to ensure that our programs are accessible and inclusive. All spaces for this program are accessible by wheelchair. Assistive listening devices are also available for the lecture.
Please email access@pam.org in advance, or call 503-226-2811.

Femme Photo Brunch Panel
2018-03-11 11:00 - 14:00 | Elephants on Corbett, 5221 SW Corbett Ave, Portland, OR, 97239, United States
Femme Photo Brunch PanelSunday, March 11th, 11am-2pm
Elephants on Corbett 5221 SW Corbett Ave, Portland, OR 97239
Price: $35 (ASMP and PPA members) / $45 (General)Registration is required. Please purchase tickets at https://store.asmp.org/store/items/list/group/503
Join us for a stimulating panel discussion featuring three local professional women photographers moderated by Beth Nakamura. Our panel will be discussing their work and experience in the current competitive and male-dominated industry, as well as the future of photography. There will be champagne and a light brunch. Anyone interested in photography and learning about the industry from these successful photographers are encouraged to attend.
Presenters:Holly Andres is a fine art and commercial photographer known for her stylized cinematic scenarios often inspired by her own childhood experiences. Andres regularly photographs editorial assignments for national publications including The New York Times Magazine, TIME, and The New Yorker. She has earned numerous grants and awards including the 2016 PDN Photo Annual in Advertising and AI-IP American Photography Awards.
Gia Goodrich is an award-winning photographer and conceptual artist. Since receiving her MFA in 2011, her work has celebrated and challenged complex notions of identity. Her project, Love Wins won international acclaim as the largest on-going archive of LGBTQ love stories. In 2014 she started VEV studios, empowering women to love their physicality by creating powerful images that reflect their unique beauty. Her work has been featured in CNN, Tech Insider, Huffington Post, Out Magazine, the New York Times.
Leah Nash is an editorial, commercial and assignment photographer based in Portland. Starting with a photojournalism background, Nash specializes in travel, lifestyle, food, portrait, and documentary work. Her work has won awards and grants, including one grant for a documentary series in India in 2004. Nash currently works as one half of the photography duo called Nash Co. Photography with Chris Onstott.
Moderator:Beth Nakamura is a visual journalist based in Portland. A two-time Emmy finalist, her work has been recognized by National Headliner Awards, Online News Association, Pictures of the Year International, Society of Professional Journalists, National Black Journalists Association, National Press Photographers Association and many others. Nakamura is also an instructor of the University of Oregon Multimedia Journalism Graduate Program and faculty member for the Missouri Photo Workshop.
Presented by Pro Photo Supply and ASMP Oregon.http://prophotosupply.com/event-center/For questions, please email marketing@prophotosupply.com.

Austin Granger at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2018-03-10 17:00 - 20:00 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
Austin Granger, Correspondence
March 10th – April 10th, 2018
Opening and Artists’ Reception: Saturday, March 10, 5-8pm
Austin Granger will give an artist talk from 4-5pm, before the opening,
contact LightBox at 503-468-0238 or info@lightbox-photographic.com
for limited available reserved seating.
LightBox Photographic Gallery
1045 Marine Dr.
Astoria, OR 97103
(503) 468-0238
lightbox-photographic.com
http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/austin_granger_correspondence
Austin Granger is a prolific photographic image maker living in the great northwest in Portland, Oregon. “Correspondence” is a personal narrative of imagery from his daily wanderings. A very insightful and inventive image maker, Austin carries an array of favorite traditional film cameras with him everywhere. We are happy to present 60 Platinum/Palladium Prints, filling the LightBox walls with wonderful handmade prints of Austin’s beautiful work.
“When I’m photographing well, I have the most uncanny feeling that the pictures are predestined. I recognize them. They echo the feelings inside myself. They correspond. My subjects are the things that ache.
Whether or not I can portray feelings using objects that may not ostensibly depict those feelings is something that I wrestle with. People see things differently. After all, we bring our minds–all of those thoughts that make us–to our looking at things. In a very real way, pictures are always of our heads. They’re all self-portraits. Still, I’d like to think that it’s possible to put something across, to bridge the gap, meet a stranger in the middle, and connect. After all, do we not all share the same basic, existential struggles? Fundamentally, deep down, are we not all made of the same stuff?
Perhaps then, by going inward, one goes outward as well. Perhaps one can approach the universal through the individual. I’d like to think so. I’ve come to think of my pictures as an attempt to understand myself, and also, as an attempt to communicate. I want to express emotions that people will recognize. I want my pictures to be a correspondence between us, to be both the place and the record of our meeting.” ~ Austin Granger
Austin Granger is the author of Elegy from the Edge of a Continent: Photographing Point Reyes. Born in San Francisco in 1970, Granger has worked as a baker, house painter, naval radar operator and camera salesman. He first began to photograph while studying philosophy in college as a way to get out of his head. Preferring to use traditional film cameras, Granger has come to see his photography as a spiritual practice–a way in which to shape his life and enrich his relationship with the world.
The exhibit runs from March 10th through April 10th 2018. Visit http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/ for complete exhibit and artist info. LightBox offers associate memberships as a way of becoming part of the community of supporters that help to further the mission of the gallery. LightBox provides photographic printing and archival framing, restorations 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.
http://www.austingranger.com

Ron Shufflebarger at The O’Brien Photo Gallery
2018-03-10 15:00 - 18:00 | The O’Brien Photo Gallery, 2833 Willamette, Ste. B, Eugene, OR, 97405, United States
Ron Shufflebarger, Hult Pond – A Mystical Place
The show runs from March 10th through May 10th
There will be an artist reception on Saturday March 10th 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
Hult Lake is a very beautiful area with still waters and clinging clouds. I return ever so often and have continually been offered images that I find to be not only beautiful but abstract and mysterious. —Ron S.
Ron Shufflebarger was a furniture designer and builder out of a small shop, and after a pro photographer friend introduced him to digital, he was hooked. He found it a perfect excuse to take a break from the tedious operations of woodworking, to use photography to share his vision.When he and his wife retired they moved to Eugene Oregon and, for Ron a whole new genre of photography confronted him. The coastal range is
very complex and doesn’t lend itself to a minimalist eye. He had to re-evaluate what he was seeing and look far into the interplay of moss, trees, light, and form.
He found a serene beauty that is unique to the area and was forever hooked. He has always loved the beauty of the landscape and the juxtaposition of the subject, but also seeks out the interest in all venues whether street, architectural, or macro photography. He loves it all. He found inspiration from several photographers including Dorothea Lange and Edward Weston, but the true beauty of photography is the quest for the ultimate image, and once you find it, you are off for the next one.
“These words are so true; ‘It is the journey’ that is the spiritual path and the quest is very often a meditation.” —Ron S.
His work can be seen online at: http://www.pbase.com/ron9ron

Jake Shivery at Jailhouse Studios
2018-03-09 18:00 - 21:00 | Jailhouse Studios, 910 SE Taylor St, Portland, OR, 97214, United States
Jake Shivery, Contact Portraits Eight
March 9th – March 31st, 2018
Reception: March 9th, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Jailhouse Studios
910 SE Taylor St Portland, OR 97214
Mon-Fri 9-4 (usually); also by appointment
jailhousestudios910@gmail.com
www.jailhousestudios.com
Please join us for the opening reception of Jake’s eighth show of Contact Portraits. This small show of all-new work is comprised of 8×10 fibre contact prints, and marks Jake’s first exhibition after a nearly three year long hiatus.
www.jakeshivery.com

Ann Carstensen, Leslie Ebert & Diana Milia at 510 Museum & Art Space
2018-03-09 17:00 - 19:00 | 510 Museum & Art Space, 510 1st Street, Lake Oswego, OR, 97034, United States
Ann Carstensen, & Diana Milia, Light and Abstraction
March 9 – April 13, 2018
Reception: March 9th, 5 – 7 pm
510 Museum & Art Space
510 1st Street
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
503.675.3738
The 510 Museum is open weekdays 11 – 4
info@ci.oswego.or.us
www.artscouncillo.org
Please Join abstract photographer Leslie Ebert, Painter Diana Milia and upcycled materials Artist Ann Carstensen for the opening reception of new work about bring light into three different mediums & substrates. Leslie Ebert Will be showing seven large abstract photographs printed on silver aluminum panels from her Energy of Croatia series.
www.LeslieEbert.com

"In a Different Light" Panel Discussion at Maude Kerns Art Center in Eugene
2018-03-08 18:00 - 19:30 | Maude Kerns Art Center, 1910 E. 15th Ave., Eugene, OR, 97403, United States
In A Different LightRich Bergeman, Phil Coleman, Sandi O’Brien, Jack Larson, Paul Barden
February 23 – March 23, 2018Opening reception: Friday, February 23, 6-8 pmArtists’ Panel Discussion: Thursday, March 8, 6-7:30 pm
Maude Kerns Art Center1910 E. 15th Ave.Eugene, Ore. 97403(541) 345-1571www.mkartcenter.orgHours: Tues-Fri, 10 am – 5:30 pm; Sat, 12 – 4 pm
Five Willamette Valley photographers will show recent infrared images in and exhibit titled “In a Different Light.” The exhibit takes its name from the fact that infrared photography sees the world in a way that is not visible to the naked eye. Infrared light lies just above the visible spectrum, between 700 and 900 nanometers (nm) in wave length, whereas the human eye is sensitive from about 400nm (blue) to about 700nm (red). But even though the higher infrared range doesn’t register with our eyes, it can be recorded with special black-and-white films and with converted digital imaging sensors. Examples of both techniques are represented in the show.
“The world of infrared is quite different from what we’re used to seeing,” said Rich Bergeman, who brought the photographers together for the exhibit. “It can create surreal, dream-like images, while in other cases it produces a more subtle shift in tones.”
In the natural landscape, most organic objects, especially plants, reflect more infrared light than do inorganic things like water, rocks and the sky. In black-and-white IR photography, this usually results in dramatic skies and snowy-looking landscapes. In color infra-red photographs, blues often dominate, and the effects are even more pronounced where ever sunlight strikes.Each of the photographers in the show has decades of experience with various forms of photography. Some began exploring infrared in the past decade after converting digital cameras to record IR light, while others have been using black-and-white infrared film for many years.
The photographers will talk about their work at a panel discussion on Thursday March 8 from 6-7:30 pm in the arts center.

Kevin Shick at Camerawork Gallery
2018-03-03 09:00 - 17:00 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
Kevin Shick, The Commuters
March 3rd – March 30th, 2018
Camerawork Gallery
2255 NW Northrup Street
(Linfield School of Nursing – Peterson Hall)
Portland, OR 97210
http://www.TheCameraworkGallery.org
http://www.facebook.com/cameraworkgallery
Gallery Hours: 9am-4pm, Monday-Friday, Saturday 9am-5pm
Indiana Photographer Kevin Shick notes, “The Commuters series depicts the daily lives of commuters on the Rock Island train line in Chicago, just minutes from their arrival at the terminal. I see these candid street portraits as windows into each rider’s personal outlook and the experiences that may have created that outlook.
“I photographed the riders, taking pictures almost every day for several months, discovering in the process that many riders stood in the same place, doing the same thing, often wearing similar clothes and expressions.
“Others, whether they were happy, pensive, worried, or self-distracted with a smartphone, seemed to have their actions and outlooks determined less as the result less of conscious choice than as the result of unconscious habit or unknown personal experiences.
“Because of the time and place where they are taken, these portraits reveal true identities, as opposed to the public mask we often wear. As Luc Sante wrote in Walker Evans’ book of subway portraits Many Are Called, “time spent commuting is a hiatus from social interaction…you can take off the face you wear for the benefit of others”.”
We can all relate to the daily commute as a transition from our personal lives to our working lives and back. Each of us has, by nature or habit, a unique view on life that is revealed in the unguarded moments during this transition. As James Agee wrote in Many Are Called, “Each [person]…is an individual existence, as matchless as a thumbprint or snowflake. … Each carries in the postures of his body, in his hands, in his face, in the eyes, the signatures of a time and a place in the world.”
Kevin Shick is a fine art photographer whose work explores the human condition and the contemporary American experience. By observing the public and private spaces where our interaction with each other and with the environment occurs, he aims to reveal our collective contemporary culture and individual states of mind. He got started in photography over 40 years ago by developing and printing family portraits in a wet darkroom, and by exploring nature with an Argus Rangefinder during family trips to Yosemite and the Sierras. Since then he has continued to study the juxtaposed urban and natural landscapes, seeking situations where light and moment come together to reveal insights about human nature.
Shick has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Following a career in technology and consulting, he now pursues a photographic life. His work has been exhibited and published nationally, and is included in several private collections. He lives most of the year near the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, traveling frequently with his wife in their RV.
www.KevinShick.com

Smith Eliot "Ghost Ships" at Wolff Gallery
2018-03-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Wolff Gallery, 2804 SE Ankeny St., Portland, OR, 97214, United States
Smith Eliot, Ghost Ships
February 28th – April 29th, 2018
Opening Reception March 2nd, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Wolff Gallery
2804 SE Ankeny St. Portland OR 97214
Wednesday – Sunday 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
wolffgallerypdx@gmail.com
www.wolffgallery.com
Legend has it that the Octavius, a three-masted schooner, was found adrift by a whaling boat in October of 1775. A search party of five from the whaler climbed aboard the Octavius and discovered the entire crew of twenty-eight fully dressed and frozen at the helm. The captain was seated at his desk, pen in hand…also frozen. According to his log, last dated October of 1762, the Octavius had been lost at sea for over thirteen years.
Inspired by tales of ships floating aimlessly in open waters, suddenly abandoned or with passengers and crews left in various stages of decomposition, Smith Eliot’s Ghost Shipsconsists of photographs and objects that position people as these vessels adrift, and as similarly impermanent, transient, and mysterious entities. Eliot’s images are the result of digital and analogue photographic processes, encased in vintage frames with convex glass to visually reference ships’ portholes. Many of these frames also function as time capsules and contain small objects alongside the artist’s photographs.
As part of her solo exhibition, Eliot will also present a selection of her Little Boxes, which focus on the passing of time, memory, and challenging relationships. These one-of-a-kind objects include the artist’s original photographs, antique doll parts, found animal bones, insects, and old books. In many cases viewers must touch, unlock, and open each box before many of these surprises may be revealed.
Smith Eliot is a visual artist and analogue photographer who has been creating mixed media artworks since 1986. She was raised in Germany and lived in cities all across the United States before landing in Portland, Oregon in 1996. Her work has been exhibited nationally, won numerous awards, and has been featured in photography publications such as Diffusion, Shots, B&W Magazine, and Bokeh, as well as in literary journals such as Calyx. She currently teaches darkroom photography at Portland Community College and at Clackamas Community College.

Rachel Wolf at Angst Gallery
2018-03-02 17:00 - 21:00 | Angst Gallery, 1015 Main Street, Vancouver, OR, 98660, United States
Rachel Wolf, Suspended Resonance
March 2nd – March 24th, 2018
First Friday Opening Reception: March 2nd, 5-9pm
Angst Gallery
1015 Main Street
Vancouver, WA 98660
angstgallery.com
One of the unique properties of silhouettes is their capacity to capture shadows, holding onto to them through the tracings photography and other media make. Historically, this has given silhouettes the ability to span time—to fuse together the past and present—in a similar manner as photography. Both have the ability to seize what is ephemeral, an absence that is a presence.
Suspended Resonance is a collection of photogram portraits. Photograms, a camera-less process of working directly on photographic paper with light and chemicals, make visible what is invisible. These often invisible primary photographic elements become coupled with fleeting and immaterial shadows in the tangible photograph itself.
For more information about the artist visit: rachelwolf.com

Michal Cala at Blue Sky Gallery
2018-03-01 18:00 - 21:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Michał Cała, Silesia
March 1st – April 1st, 2018
First Thursday Opening Reception: March 1st 6:00 – 9:00 PM (calendar)
Artist Talk: Saturday, March 31st, 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/
From 1975-1992, Michał Cała photographed the Silesia region in his home country of Poland. In the 1970s and early 1980s the area was at its peak of industrial development and mining activity, providing mass employment at the expense of the environment and public health. Cala remembers his first impression of Silesia as “terrifying and beautiful at the same time,” leading him to focus his camera on the natural and altered landscape as well as its inhabitants. Although the mines, factories, laborers’ housing districts, and slag heaps no longer exist, the artist’s gelatin silver prints serve as as an unsettling yet intriguing visual record of this recent period in Polish history.
Michał Cała was born in Toruń, Poland in 1948 and studied aircraft construction at the University of Technology in Warsaw in the early 1970s. From 1974 to 1983 he worked as an engineer in various companies in Silesia and began photographing in the area. In 1977 he moved to Tychy in Upper Silesia, where he co-founded the photographers’ association KRON and became a member of the ZPAF, the Union of Polish Art Photographers. In 2007 he was named one of most important Polish photographers in the last century and participated in the group exhibition Polish Photography in the 20th Century shown in Warsaw and in Vilnius, Lithuania. Cala’s work is in several museum collections, including in the Silesian Museum of Katowice, the Silesian Library in Katowice, the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, the Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze, and in the local government building in Duisburg in the Ruhr, Germany, and various private collections. Publications on his work include The Anthology of Polish Photography 1839–1989, The Masters of Polish Landscape, and Polish Photography in the 20th Century. Cala now lives in Bielsko-Biała in Poland and is represented by MMX Gallery in London.

Zun Lee at Blue Sky Gallery
2018-03-01 18:00 - 21:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Zun Lee, Father Figure
March 1st – April 1st, 2018
First Thursday Opening Reception: March 1st 6:00 – 9:00 PM
Artist Talk: Saturday, March 3rd, 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/
“My own journey of identity formation and cultural belonging formed the motivation for this visual exploration of fatherhood. I used my lived experience of being nurtured by African American families and father figures since my early childhood while dealing with my personal history of paternal abandonment. This helped me build a specific visual vocabulary that guided me through this work.”
In Father Figure, Zun Lee offers an intimate view of the daily lives of Black fathers with whom he has worked closely since 2011—men from the Bronx, Harlem, and Washington Heights in New York who are often parenting within difficult economic and personal circumstances. Through his touching and honest black-and-white portraits, Lee invites us to see these men as dedicated parents who challenge stereotypes of Black masculinity and absent fathers.

Dr. Zun Lee is a Canadian visual artist, physician, and educator whose work encourages alternate ways of thinking about community and belonging. He was born and raised in Germany and has also lived in Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Intersubjectivity and trust dynamics are an important component of Lee’s work as he embeds himself in his subjects’ daily lives to uncover stories of identity and connection. Lee has exhibited solo shows at Duke University, the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts + Culture and BAND Gallery in Toronto, Jefferson School of African American Heritage Center in Charlottesville, VA, and Galerie Jed Voras in Paris. Selected honors and awards include: Art Gallery of Ontario Artist-in-Residence (2017), Magnum Foundation Fellow (2015), Photo District News Photo Annual Winner (2015), Paris Photo/Aperture Photobook Awards Shortlist (2014), and Photo District News’ 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch (2014).

Alan Wieder at ProPhotoSupply Lab/Annex
2018-03-01 09:00 - 18:00 | Pro Photo Supply – LabAnnex, 1815 NW Northrup St., Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Alan Wieder, Portraits: Rafael Trejo Boxing Gym — Havana
March 1 – March 31
ProPhotoSupply Lab/Annex
1815 NW Northrup St, Portland, OR 97209
503-517-3639
M-F 9-6
Sat. 9-5
The photographs from Rafael Trejo Boxing Gym are part of my ongoing series of Cuban photographs. Most of the images, but not all, focus on the eyes of the various boxers and their coach. These photographs correspond to others that were taken on the streets of Havana & Vinales. In April I will continue the series in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba.

Destruction Dance at Blue Sky Gallery
2018-02-25 19:30 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
All good things must come to an end, and, as mandated by Robert Frank and Gerhard Steidl, this exhibition must be destroyed.
Join us for the performative dance destruction of the exhibition featuring dancers Lu Yim, Mike Barber, Subashini Ganesan, Pepper Pepper, Meshi Chavez, and Linda Austin.
Dancers will sometimes be performing simultaneously in various areas of the gallery. Tickets can be purchased here.
Suggested donation of $15, no one turned away for lack of funds, but you must pre-register! Email Amanda at rsvp@blueskygallery.org if you would like to pay a different rate. This event will likely sell out.

Sarah Graves at Blue Moon Camera and Machine
2018-02-24 17:00 - 20:00 | Blue Moon Camera and Machine, 8417 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Sarah Graves, The Honeymoon Series
February 12, 2018 – March 15th 2018.
Reception: Saturday, February 24th from 5-8pm
Blue Moon Camera and Machine
8417 N Lombard Street Portland, OR 97203
503-978-0333
M-F 9-6, Sat. 9-5, closed Sundays.
sales@bluemooncamera.com
www.bluemooncamera.com
Sarah Graves will be showing her new series of photographic work at Blue Moon Camera and Machine beginning on February 12th. Join us at the opening reception to celebrate Sarah, admire her incredible handmade darkroom prints, and, of course, take part in the usual shenanigans.
“Reflecting on this past years’ work I find myself trying to remember the high points, as it is all too easy to recount the low ones. On a high note- I got married last year! I’ve been photographing my partner for years and these photographs are part of the most current series I’ve been working on called the Honeymoon Series. The series documents our life as we grow together and includes portraits, places we’ve traveled and some moments in between. Through this series I hope to prolong the honeymoon. All photographs were made on film and are silver gelatin prints made in my home basement darkroom.”
www.sarahtaft.com

"In a Different Light" Group Show at Maude Kerns Art Center in Eugene
2018-02-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Maude Kerns Art Center, 1910 E. 15th Ave., Eugene, OR, 97403, United States

William Anthony, "Time Slip" Dragster Series: A Return to Analog
2018-02-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’s
Brown Bag Lunch Talk Series
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at Noon
Portland Art Museum
Miller Gallery in the Mark building
1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
www.portlandartmuseum.org
503 226 2811
Cost: Free to the public.
Every Wednesday night during the summer, Portland International Raceway hosts E.T. (or “Elapsed Time”) drag racing of NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) dragsters. From under-18 junior-class racers to tricked out top alcohol-burning supercars, locals from the Portland/Vancouver area congregate to race not so much against each other, but against time. And in this crucible fueled by a rich mix of gasoline and adrenaline, Time Slip was born.
Shot entirely with three film cameras and two film stocks, commercial and editorial photographer William Anthony sought to highlight this unique, passionate community that has been pursuing the checkered flag for over 40 years. The community remains unchanged, the recent threats of encroaching development and gentrification put this unique pastime at risk. A fun side project soon became an all-consuming, weekly addiction and honed William’s photography skills, reconnecting him to the fundamentals learned decades earlier with vintage, all-manual cameras and the traditional dark room.
William Anthony is an award-winning commercial and editorial photographer based in Portland. A former advertising art director, William’s work strives to honor the deeper stories and concepts he shoots both for himself and while on commission. For the past 13 years, his career has spanned genres such as advertising, photojournalism, portraiture/lifestyle, travel and social media. While proficient in all new digital technologies, his skillset is deeply rooted in the fundamentals of analog film photography.
William has shot for clients such as Alaska Airlines, BMW Motorcycles, Microsoft, Nike, The North Face, and Starbucks.
William lives with his wife in NE Portland and works full-time as servant for two cats he’d much prefer were dogs. When not shooting pictures for a living, he likes to spend his spare time shooting more pictures.
About the Brown Bag Lunch Talks
The Brown Bag Lecture Talk series is a presentation of the Portland Art Museum’s Photography Council and is generously sponsored by Pro Photo Supply.
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, an annual art acquisition meeting, and special invitations to lectures by renowned photographers are just some of the benefits of Council membership.
The Portland Art Museum Photography Council’s Brown Lunch 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 BBLT has offered over sixty monthly presentations by regional and visiting photographer/artists that are free and open to everyone interested in photographic arts and process.

“Clatsop County” group show in Dundee
2018-02-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Argyle Tasting House, 691 Highway 99W, Dundee, OR, 97115, United States
Clatsop County
Roger Dorband, Ken Hochfeld, Michael Granger
Presented by LightBox Photographic Gallery
Jan 15 – March 4, 2018
Artist Reception, Sunday, February 18, 2:00-4:00
Argyle Tasting House
691 Highway 99W
Dundee, Oregon
503 538-8520
please rsvp to argyle winery at this address if you plan to attend?
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-reception-clatsop-county-registration-42797529563
LightBox Photographic Gallery of Astoria presents the work of three photographers who envision the nature of Clatsop County from their unique viewpoint.
Clatsop County is the heart of Oregon’s North Coast. It is a history ladened land that in 1805 became the terminus of Lewis and Clark’s Expedition of Discovery. Six years later, Astoria, the county seat of Clatsop County, became the first U.S. settlement on the Pacific Coast. While its early history is not forgotten it is the climate and the geography that mostly define the special nature of Clatsop County. For photographers working in the area, the landscape, the weather and historical elements frequently merge in the fabric of a single image. This might be said of photographs from anywhere in the country that are taken outside of an urban setting. But when the subject matter includes the beautiful Pacific, the 4th largest river in the U.S., the Great Northwest Rain Forest, ships in the harbor, volatile weather conditions, fog and constantly changing light over the river, there is increased potential for images rich in beauty, drama and diversity.
Roger Dorband
Astoria, Oregon
Roger Dorband is best known for his color landscape books on the Rogue River and Steens Mountain, the Astoria resident considers himself a “witness” who looks for iconic images that capture the essence of a place.
“As a photographer my most important bodies of work are series that depict a particular place. Most notably I have published books on northwest Portland’s Thurman Street, southern Oregon’s Rogue River and the Steen Mountain area of Malheur County. Though I consider myself a “photographer of place”, the landscape has often been central to my work. When I moved to Astoria ten years ago the big open skies and changeable weather over the Columbia, and the Pacific beaches inspired me. But before I began getting images I really liked I had to get the usual Astoria photographic subjects out of my system. So naturally I took the requisite photos of the Megler Bridge, sunset skies, the Peter Iredale shipwreck and the sea lions, none of which rose above many similar photographs I saw of those subjects by other photographers.
Over time I have studied the history and culture of the North Coast beginning with Washington Irving’s classic book on the founding of Astoria. What I learned is that the North Coast, and Astoria in particular, has been through numerous peaks and valleys in prosperity, has suffered through catastrophes of fire and wind, and, if one looks back far enough, epic disasters caused by major earthquakes. In spite of claims made about the beautiful landscape of the North Coast, the natural resources of the area have been largely exploited as reflected in numerous clear cuts and the absence of old growth trees as well as an extremely depleted fishing industry. Not that there are no hopeful signs but to me the area is at best one in recovery.
I believe that seeing the North Coast as I do has brought a deepening to my imagery that includes some sense of loss and perhaps a little of the loneliness one feels next to the immensity of the Pacific. Paradoxically there is a sense of hope and endurance here too, perhaps engendered by the history and culture of the area, which I trust will allow viewers to apprehend the North Coast’s enduring beauty.” ~ Roger Dorband – Raven Studios
Ken Hochfeld
Portland, Or.
Ken Hochfeld is a Portland based fine art photographer who sees expressive beauty in the landscape. Originally from California, where he graduated with a degree in photo communications from California State University at Fullerton, he and his wife Carol have lived in Oregon for 40 years. He finds the natural beauty and lifestyle of the Pacific Northwest emotionally sustaining.
Hochfeld’s toned black and white photographs may reflect upon the scene before him, but more often are subtly contemplative and sometimes offer clues to his emotions or thoughts. He typically chooses to make photographs in quiet places that are not typical iconic scenic locations. Hochfeld says “Occasionally a dramatic scene simply calls on me to make a photograph and I oblige.” With his most current work, “Communities of the Lower Columbia River”, Hochfeld explores human interaction with the landscape. His photography has been exhibited in various galleries in Oregon, California, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Washington.
Michael Granger
Astoria, Oregon
Michael Granger and his wife, Chelsea Vincent Granger, opened LightBox Photographic Gallery in Astoria in June 2009 with the mission to promote creative and alternative photography on the North Coast of Oregon. LightBox exhibits work of photographic artists in juried, group and solo exhibits. With over 100 exhibits behind them, LightBox Photographic strives to educate the public about fine art photography, the varied processes and the unique vision of each photographic artist. Having had a career in fine custom photographic printing, Michael’s interests concentrate on imagery that speaks to the viewer and the quality of the final photographic print in all mediums.
He practices the art of image making and celebrates those that make it to print.

Youth Darkroom Class with Bobby Abrahamson at University of Portland
2018-02-18 12:30 - 15:30 | University of Portland, 5000 N Willamette Boulevard, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Dates: Feb. 18 – Mar. 18, 12:30 – 3:30 PM, Five Sundays
Saturday Academy, classes held at University of Portland Instructor: Bobby Abrahamson bobbyabrahamson.com
Open for students grades: 8-12 Tuition: $185 To register: https://www.saturdayacademy.org/catalog/photography-art-darkroom
For questions contact: Mary Wisneski 503-200-5852 mary@saturdayacademy.org
Will you be the next Ansel Adams or Dorthea Lange? Experience the magic of black and white photography from start to finish: shoot the image, develop the negative and print your photograph. Learn composition and lighting techniques for creating a good negative. Explore camera basics including f-stop, shutter speed and exposure. See your surroundings through a photographer’s keen eye during walking field trips as you develop your individual style. In the darkroom, learn how to develop negatives and make prints, experiment with exposure, contrast, filters and paper. Explore the many different effects that can be achieved with a single negative. Choose your best photographs to develop into prints for your portfolio or for display.

The Project Salon workshop with Charles Purvis at MICX Studio
2018-02-17 | MICX Studio, 6635 N Baltimore Ave, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
February 17 through July 28, 2018 MICX Studio 6635 N Baltimore Ave Portland, OR 97203 971-901-7200 12 weeks for $450 For information: https://micxstudio.com/project-salon/
The Project Salon provides a space, time, and process for the purpose of creating a body of work (be it an exhibition, book, or portfolio) over a extended period of time and with the support of other photographers doing the same. To really progress as photographers and artists we need to go deep and we need to go deep over an extended period of time. We also need the reflection and support of others who share our passion and commitment to the medium. We learn by doing and we learn by understanding how others experience our work; and in committing to work with others we find a new level of commitment to our own work. The Project Salon meets for 12 sessions over a 6-month period, twice a month for 3-4 hours. Participants, having committed to a project, present their ongoing work to the group and receive and offer constructive reflection concerning subject, narrative, editing, final form and the general arc and feel of the work. The last 2 weeks focus on editing, collating, and final form presentations. The sessions are facilitated by Charles Purvis who offers individual mentoring and support, both technical and artistic, for each participant. We also study the work of other photographers as it pertains to our work and process. The Salon is limited to 8 participants. All photographic mediums are welcome.

Michael S. Thompson, Dynamic Rhythms in Northwest Landscapes
2018-02-15 17:00 - 18:30 | University of Oregon School of Law, 1515 Agate St., Eugene, OR, 97403, United States
February 15th – July 2nd, 2018Opening reception: February 15th, 2018 5:00 – 6:30 pm
University of Oregon School of LawKnight Law Center2nd floor gallery1515 Agate St., Eugene, Ore., 97403Opening 9am – 5pm daily
Thompson’s fascination with the intersection of the natural and built landscapes is highlighted in “Dynamic Rhythms in Northwest Landscapes,” which includes 31 color photographs from 1981 to 2016.
