Luke Olsen Photography

Rich Bergeman at Columbia Center for the Arts
2019-04-05 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Columbia Center for the Arts, 215 Cascade Ave, Hood River, OR, 97031, United States
Rich Bergeman, The Vanishing West
April 5-27, 2019Opening reception Friday, April 5, from 6-8pm
The Lobby GalleryColumbia Center for the Arts215 Cascade Ave.Hood River, OR 97031541-387-8877www.columbiaarts.orgOpen Tues-Sat 11-5pm
Corvallis photographer Rich Bergeman’s black-and-white photographs chronicle the disappearing traces of frontier days on Columbia Plateau and Northern Great Basin–deserted homesteads, abandoned schoolhouses, ghost town and other remnants of early attempts by Euro-Americans to settle the Northwest.
The photographer has spent much of the past two decades creating art out of forgotten histories in Oregon and Washington, focusing particularly on the far-flung eastern parts of both states. The CCA exhibit includes images of old towns, historic ranches and deserted homesteads from the High Desert and mountain mining areas of eastern Oregon, as well as the Okanogan and Palouse regions of Washington. Such formerly prosperous turn-of-the-century Oregon towns as Flora, Antelope and Granite are represented, as well as Goodnoe Hills and Molson in Washington, among others.
An exhibiting fine-art photographer for nearly 30 years, Bergeman retired from teaching photography and journalism at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany in 2007, and since then has been working full-time on his photography projects. In recent years he has created books and exhibits on the homestead land rush in Central Oregon, the life of Washington pioneer James Swan on Willapa Bay, the human history of Oregon’s Coast Range rivers, and the landscapes of the Rogue River Wars in Southern Oregon. Examples of his photographs can be seen at richbergeman.zenfolio.com, and at blurb.com.

Pamela Chipman at UnionKnott
2019-04-05 18:00 - 21:00 | Union Knott, 2726 MLK JR.Blvd, Portland, OR, 97212, United States
Pamela Chipman, “Hireath” – the longing for a romanticized past.
April 5 – April 29Opening Reception: Friday April 5th 6-9pm
UnionKnott2726 NE MLK Blvd.Portland, OR(next to Bridges Cafe (Parking in back)971-207-1232
OPEN Hours: Mondays: April 8,15,22 9am-noon, Wednesdays: April 3,10, &17, 4-7pmFilm Screening April 13th, 7pm – rare films by Pamela ChipmanClosing night: April 29 6-8pmPortrait sittings: Show up during the open hours schedule. darmacrash@yahoo.com
In this exhibit Chipman employs gold leaf in her photography to explore the concepts of longing for something that is gone. The Welsh have a word for it, “Hireath”. It is about the yearning and longing for someone or someplace that you can never experience again.
Chipman visited Santa Rosa California 6 months after the Tubbs fire and Paradise California 4 months after the Camp fire, both fires decimated whole neighborhoods, she photographed was was left. Juxtaposing that with gilded images of childhood and childhood artifacts she builds upon this theme of grief or sadness for who or what you have lost, losses which make your “home” someplace you can never return to.
www.pamelachipman.com
As an artist, Pamela Chipman produces work that explores personal identity through a variety of portals. She studied video and photography at UCLA. In the late 1980’s she moved to Portland and co-created the Blue Gallery, an innovative gallery and performance space designed as a place to present challenging art. Chipman’s work has screened across the country in galleries and on community television channels, and is held in private collections.
Her current work in photography and video explores personal identity through the dialogue of artifacts and language. Chipman’s work revolves around ordinary people performing ordinary tasks, emphasizing their movements, their space, their quiet, their noise, their relationship to the air around them, and the influences on their lives. Working in a non-liner fashion, she explores her subjects’ relationships to the past, and creates a visual space for her subjects and their reflections to inhabit. Starting with simple memories and stories she reveals their power as tributes to the personal courage and introspective depth of her subjects.
Throughout Chipman’s career she has explored the potentials of the video medium through a wide variety of project, ranging from video-poetry, live television, game- shows, installations, and documentary projects. Through all of this work she has focused on video and photography as tools for reaching a broad artistic audience, and for building community. She continues to explore new methods of integrating media into our visual world through installations and video books, and public art.

Photo Club PDX Monthly Meeting, "Playing with Food" with guest speaker David L Reamer
2019-04-09 18:30 - 21:30 | Cobalt Studios PDX, 1030 SE Clinton St, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Photo Club PDX Monthly Meeting, “Playing with Food”
April 9th, 2019, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Cobalt Studios PDX1030 SE Clinton StPortland, OR 97202https://www.photoclubpdx.com
Photo Club PDX is a community of digital and film photographers possessing the desire to explore ideas, experiment, get feedback, learn from one another, and create as our hearts desire.

Photo Club PDX meets twice monthly to explore, create, and share. We have a monthly meeting and a monthly outing. For inspiration and growth, we also have a monthly photo challenge for our members.

We are very happy to have David L Reamer is our guest speaker in April! We will get to pick his brain and hear some of his fantastic stories. David will be offering feed back and critiques for our ‘Playing with Food’ challenge photos! Don’t miss it! If you would like to learn more about David and see some of his work, start with his website and check out the Backdrop podcast! https://www.dlreamer.com

Remember your minimum contribution of $10 for the meeting both members and nonmembers. Soon we will establish an annual membership so that you do not need to pay each meeting members! Watch for the new membership benifits that come with that!! It’s very exciting! Make Your Photos. Find Your Passion. You can find us at our website, check out our Facebook Page or join our Facebook Group. We also have a presence on Instagram. You can follow our us and even use our hashtag #PCPDX
https://www.photoclubpdx.com

Wildflower and Midday Photography with Don Jacobson at Clarke College
2019-04-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Clark College, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver,, WA, 98663, United States
Don Jacobson, Wildflower and Midday Photography
April 12th – April 14th, 2019
1933 Fort Vancouver WayVancouver, WA 98663360-699-6398
$179.00https://ecd.clark.edu/classes/class.php?SKU=R030
Don Jacobson will be teaching a class at Clarke College, Vancouver, WA on photographing wildflowers in the field and techniques for midday photography. Class meets at the main campus.
FRIDAY, APRIL 12 – 7-9PM at Clark College Main campus, Joan Stout Hall room 127: Equipment and techniques will be discussedSATURDAY, APRIL 13 – 8-4PM – Full day in the field to photograph wildflowers on Saturday in the Columbia River Gorge. Up to two miles of moderate hiking.SUNDAY – 2-4PM Back at Clark College, we will review photographs taken on Saturday.
The class has limited enrollment so sign up now if you are interested. The registration link is:https://ecd.clark.edu/classes/class.php?SKU=R030

Learn Manual-Understand Auto with Sharon Lavier O’Keefe at Clark College
2019-04-13 09:00 - 13:00 | Clark College, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver,, WA, 98663, United States
Sharon Lavier O’Keefe, Learn Manual – Understand Auto
Saturday’s, 4/13 through 6/15, 9am-1pmNo class on 4/27 & 5/25
Clark CollegeMain Campus1933 Fort Vancouver WayVancouver, WA 98663360-699-6398
Tuition: $259The class has limited enrollment so sign up now if you are interested.The registration link is https://ecd.clark.edu/classes/class.php?SKU=R031

If you’re new to photography, new to your camera, or need to get back up-to-speed with your photography this hands-on class is right for you.
Demystify your camera’s functions and learn to use Manual versus Automatic. Learn about f/Stops, shutter speed, depth of field, exposure, histograms and composition while getting acquainted with your camera and lens optics. Through homework assignments, frequent field walkabouts and constructive photo critiques learn to control your camera so you’re the one creating the photo—not letting the camera decide for you. Bring camera, owner’s manual, and dress for weather.

Stu Levy at Augen Gallery
2019-04-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Augen Gallery, 716 NW Davis St., Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Stu Levy, Recent Photographs
April 3-27, 2019Preview Reception Wednesday April 3, 5-7 pmFirst Thursday Reception: April 4, 5 – 8 pmArtist Talk: Saturday, April 13th, Noon
Augen Gallery716 NW DavisPortland, OR 97209503-546-5056Tuesday – Friday 11 – 5:30, Saturday 11 – 5www.augengallery.com

Design in One Contemporary Photographer's Work workshop with Larry Cwik
2019-04-13 15:00 - 17:00 | Cerulean Winery, 1439 NW Marshall Street, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Larry Cwik, Design in One Contemporary Photographer’s Work
April 13, 2019, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Cerulean Winery1439 NW Marshall StreetPortland, OR 97209503-308-9137
Registration: $35https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dwp-2019-design-in-one-contemporary-photographers-work-tickets-56153876757
A two hour participatory workshop, Design in One Contemporary Photographer’s Work, on April 13th as part of the annual Design Portland festival. Learn skills about design in photography, review and comment on good and bad design, and put the information to use in your own work with a hands-on activity outlined in the workshop. Design Portland motto: “Design Portland is all of us, made better together. We’re the thread that weaves together the process, practice, and content of our city’s diverse creative community.”
Larry Cwik is a Portland-based contemporary artist working in photography, drawing, installation, and short film. Widely exhibited in the U.S. and abroad.
More information here: https://designportland.org/festival/2019/schedule/design-in-one-contemporary-photographers-work
www.larrycwik.com

Deb Stoner at Imogen Gallery
2019-04-13 17:00 - 20:00 | Imogen Gallery, 240 11th St, Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
Deb Stoner, Garden Studies
April 13 – June 4, 2019Artist reception Saturday April 13, 2019, 5-8pm
Imogen Gallery240 11th StAstoria, OR 97103503-468-0620info@imogengallery.comDaily (Wed by appointments): 11AM to 5PMSundays 11AM to 4PMhttp://imogengallery.com/painters-print-makers/deb-stonerwww.debstoner.com

Garden StudiesThe past few years have been tumultuous by anyone’s accounting. Fires and tsunamis and insane leaders of the world give me a distinct feeling of the world being out of control. Perhaps it is my art work that grounds me, that gives me at least an illusion of being in control, if only on the 8.5”x11.7” scanner glass on which I compose my still life photographs.
I make high resolution images of things I gather in nature, from intensely dense urban floral gardens to experimental vegetable breeding gardens. This year was the first where I made photographs from the mobile studio that my partner made from a 1952 vintage trailer, marking freedom from the tether of my usual home studio. Some of these photographs have come from that experience. All are a continuation of a large ongoing body of work called “A Year in the Willamette Valley”, a reference to place and time. Obviously inspired by 16th and 17th century European floral painters, as well as the natural/fake large scale dioramas in natural history museums, I’m mostly interested in making beautiful compositions. The scanner, as my photographic tool of choice, reveals extraordinary details far beyond the ability of my unaided eyes. My obsession is paying attention to phenomenal and ephemeral events in gardens throughout the year and making images with them in real time.This opportunity to show at Imogen Gallery coincided with my having access to a large printer. I’ve always made my work to a very high resolution with large scale in mind, and I sit for hours in front of my computer prepping the images so that they can be printed this large. But only rarely have I seen my work in its physical self this big, and it’s exciting for me to see these massive unwieldy paper objects crowded into this tiny space.This fall I’ll get to see the work even larger…I won a juried competition to have my images printed on vinyl to wrap the Palos Verdes Art Center in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Yep, the whole building exterior. Watch this space for details!
Deb Stoner holds an MFA in Applied Design from SDSU, a BS in Geology from UC Davis, and a decades long teaching career at Oregon College of Art and Craft. Recently she presented lectures on photography to the Yuma Symposium, the Portland Art Museum, the SPE NW Regional Conference; had solo shows in 2017, 2016 and 2015, with two scheduled for 2019; numerous group shows; juried purchases in the permanent public art collections at University of Oregon, OHSU, PCC, and the Portland International Airport; is the recipient of grants and a recent residency; and sells work to enthusiastic collectors.

The Pacific NorthWest 40 & The Lightbox Files at LightBox Photographic Gallery
2019-04-13 17:00 - 20:00 | LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Dr., Astoria, OR, 97103, United States
The Pacific NorthWest 40 & The Lightbox Files
April 13 – June 1, 2019Artists’ Opening Reception: Saturday, April 13, 5-8pm
LightBox Photographic Gallery1045 Marine Dr.Astoria, OR 97103(503) 468-0238lightbox-photographic.com
LightBox Photographic Gallery recognizes the Northwest photographic community for their incredible talent in the “PNW 40 Exhibit”.
This group exhibit opens with an artists’ reception on Saturday, April 13th, from 5-8 pm.
In recognition of Portland Photo Month, April 2019, this group exhibit celebrates the photographic talent of the Pacific Northwest. For the last 7 years the exhibit celebrated the Portland Photographic Community combining great work from the Portland community. This year, we have opened the Exhibit to the entire Pacific NorthWest for the PNW 40. The exhibit combines work from emerging photographers with that of established and known photographers from the Region. One image each from 40 photographers have been chosen, images which stand out and uniquely exhibit the vision and creativity of the photographer.
LightBox is very pleased to have Terry Novak as Juror for the first PNW 40 Exhibit. Terry is the new Executive Director at Photographic Center Northwest, an education institution dedicated to the photographic arts, located in Seattle, WA. Her current work focuses on partnerships, grants, public programs, and exhibitions that foster financial support and resources for photographers and the photographic arts in the Pacific Northwest. Novak received her BFA in photography from Columbia College Chicago, and MFA in arts administration from Seattle University. She has an affinity for color analog photography and alternative processes.
Congratulations to the Photographers accepted into PNW 40
Bobby Abrahamson • Jennifer Bacon • Andrew Bergh • Jason BiehnerHeather Binns • Per Bjesse • Benjamin Chan • Cecily Marie CaceuAnna Daedalus • Kerry Davis • Jarred Decker • Jim FitzgeraldDean Forbes • Cory Free • Ryan Gillespie • Barbara GilsonKeri Friedman • Ed Hamilton • Gretchen Hayhurst • Max HinzKen Hochfeld • Scott Hoyle • Mike Hipple • Laura KurtenbachLaurel Kadas • Brian Kosoff • Casey Larson • Stuart Allen LevyKim Maruska • Chris Nesseth • Janet Neuhauser • Walt O’BrienRob Dweck • Minhaz Sarker • Shelbi Schoeder • Alfred SchultzHenrietta’s Eye • Michael Schulz • Aaron Wessling • Alan Wieder
Also opening on this night is the LightBox Files Exhibit. Entering the fourth year, the exhibit and collection honor the complete photographer by recognizing those that pursue the art of fine printing. On this night four photographers will be featured with a series of prints on the walls and a collection in the drawers. The work will be featured in the viewing drawers for the 2019 calendar year.
Congratulations to the Photographers of the LightBox Files
Jim Fitzgerald • Ann Kendellen • Roger Dorband • Ken Hochfeld
“The PNW 40 Exhibit” and “The Lightbox Files Exhibit” will be on display in the gallery through June 1st. Visit http://lightbox-photographic.com/shows/ for complete exhibit and artists info. LightBox offers memberships as a way of becoming part of the community of supporters that help to further the mission of the gallery. 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.

Ray Bidegain at Camerawork Gallery
2019-04-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
Ray Bidegain, Memory of Never
March 30 – May 3, 2019Artist Talk, Sunday, April 14, 11am-12pm Reception following 12pm-1:30pm Camerawork Gallery301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR 97227Located in Lorenzen Conference Center – Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Campus.9am – 6pm, Monday-Saturday, Sunday, 10am-4pmFree off street parking available, Stair and elevator access, TriMet Routes 4, 24 and 44www.TheCameraworkGallery.orgwww.Facebook.com/cameraworkgallery503-701-5347Event is free and open to the public
In “Memory of Never” Portland, Oregon photographer Ray Bidegain explores the genre of the diptych through the pairing of photographs, one from his catalog, and one newer work that he feels interacts with the old work in an interesting way. These two handmade platinum prints are presented side by side, and in this way Bidegain is creating conversations previously unspoken. He is interested in the way in which these conversations will be heard differently by each viewer, and how that may vary from what he was thinking about when pairing the photos. The relationship between these pictures will be fleeting – a brief interaction for the purpose of this exhibit – and then they will go back to being presented and sold individually.
Part of this exhibition also includes a few paired photos from Bidegain’s new series, “As We Get Older.” In this series he is exploring the challenge and beauty that accompanies aging. He captures physical changes and enduring spirit, as well as the ways in which society’s gaze turns away from older people. These are the first images presented from this developing body of work.
ABOUT THE ARTISTBorn in Tucson, Arizona1981, B.A. Commercial Photography, Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, CA.Lives in Portland, Oregon where Ray Bidegain Studios is also located.
www.RayBidegain.com

Angel O’Brien at Multnomah Arts Center
2019-04-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Highway, Portland, OR, 97219, United States
Angel O’Brien for the Portland Photographers’ Forum
Monday, April 15 Artist talk from 8-9pmThe Forum meeting begins at 7pm.All are welcome: meeting is free and open to the public.
Multnomah Arts CenterPortland Photographer’s Forum 7688 SW Capitol HwyPortland, OR 97219https://www.portlandphotographersforum.com/https://www.portlandphotographersforum.com/news/2019/3/27/featured-april-speaker-angel-obrienhttps://www.5x7angel.com/
An old school Portland photographer, Angel O’Brien started out back in 1994 lugging her Cambo 5×7 around the city shooting its historic buildings. Angel spent a few years in NYC studying architecture at the Cooper Union, six years renovating old houses, a few years owning the Ladybug Cafe (she still misses making cappuccinos) and then a couple of misguided years owning a consignment store. Angel’s hands have never strayed too far from a camera and over the last 25 years her work has wandered through many subjects, most recently settling quite resolutely into alt-process self portraiture. When she isn’t making photos or writing poetry, she lives in St. Johns with her daughter Gwendolyn, where much cooking and gardening and art happens somewhat frequently.
Angel works with several alternative processes, including platinum palladium, gum bichromate, and collage.You can see Angel’s talk at the April 15th PPF meeting at the Multnomah Arts Center from 8-9 PM: the meeting starts at 7 PM and is free and open to the public. This meeting will feature exclusively female- idenitfiying presenters, and we are excited to highlight the incredible work they contribute to PPF.

Heidi Kirkpatrick at the Portland Art Museum
2019-04-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Heidi Kirkpatrick, Everything Becomes a Story
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’sBrown Bag Lunch Talk Series
Wednesday, April 17th, 2019, Noon – 1pm
Portland Art MuseumThe Miller Gallery, Mark Building1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205www.portlandartmuseum.org503 226 2811Cost: Free to the public (people are welcome to bring their lunch).
While presenting several bodies of work Heidi will speak about the ups and downs of living a creative life, how her life events shape the work she makes, and the joy of teaching.
Heidi Kirkpatrick is a fine art photographer and educator based in Portland, Oregon.
Throughout Kirkpatrick’s career her work has explored the female figure, family narratives and contemporary issues of being a woman. Kirkpatrick combines film positives with found objects such as vintage children’s blocks, books, mahjong tiles, and tins, to create intimate photo-based objects that explore themes of family, history, love and loss. During the Oregon summers, Heidi makes cyanotypes in her backyard studio that address similar issues. Kirkpatrick creates unique cyanotype works with vintage clothing and linens using personal possessions and specimens from her garden.
Kirkpatrick has exhibited widely over the last twenty years and her work is held in numerous private and public collections including The Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire, United Kingdom; The Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Texas; Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana; Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado; OHSU Corporate Collection, Portland, Oregon. Heidi was selected for the Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50 in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014, and was recognized with the solo show award in 2012. Heidi’s work was also selected for LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards Top 50 in 2014.
Kirkpatrick is represented by G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Washington and Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, Florida.

Arts & Communications Magnet School Student Show at Cedar Hills Park and Rec Center
2019-04-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Cedar Hills Rec Center, 11640 SW Park Way, Portland, OR, 97225, United States
Arts & Communications Magnet School 2nd Annual Student Show
March 1st to May 26thArtist reception: Saturday, April 20th, 1 to 3pm
Cedar Hills Park and Rec Center11640 SW Park WayPortland, OR 97225
Students from Arts & Communications Magnet School Beaverton, Oregon and Battle Ground High School Washington

Meghan L. E. Kirkwood at Blue Sky Gallery
2019-04-20 15:00 - 17:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Meghan L. E. Kirkwood, #ViewsfromDAPL
April 4–28, 2019 First Thursday opening reception: April 4, 6:00–9:00 PMArtist talk: Saturday, April 20, 3:00 PM
Blue Sky Gallery 122 NW 8th AvenuePortland, Oregon 97209 USA503-225-0210Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pmFirst Thursday 6 – 9 pmbluesky@blueskygallery.orghttp://www.blueskygallery.org/All Blue Sky events and programs are free and open to the public.
“For individuals such as myself who grew up in a suburban environment, massive infrastructure projects such as the DAPL are abstractions. I benefit from the resources they transport and the costs of such delivery systems are born by others in far away places.”
Meghan L. E. Kirkwood travels the route of the infamous Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in her series #ViewsFromDAPL. For those who may know of it, but have not witnessed the destruction happening on the ground, Kirkwood provides a visual. By highlighting the disruption to the landscape, this body of work “examines the ways in which documentary images of land can provide context to current debates related to land-use and natural resource extraction.”
Meghan L. E. Kirkwood is Assistant Professor of Art at North Dakota State University where she teaches Photography and Foundations courses. She earned a B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design in Photography in 2006 before completing her MFA in Studio Art at Tulane University in 2009. She has received numerous fellowships, including funding to participate in artist residencies through the National Parks Service, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Lakeside Lab in Iowa. Kirkwood’s photography has been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe, and South Africa.

Analog Print Swap at Blue Moon Camera and Machine
2019-04-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Blue Moon Camera and Machine, 8417 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Blue Moon Camera & The Portland Darkroom, Analog Print Swap
Saturday, April 20th, 2019, 6-8pm
Blue Moon Camera8417 N Lombard StreetPortland, OR 97203503-978-0333 M-F 9-6, Sat. 9-5 sales@bluemooncamera.com www.bluemooncamera.com https://theportlanddarkroom.org/

The Portland Darkroom and Blue Moon Camera and Machine are working together to host our second Analog Print Swap. Come by Blue Moon Camera to celebrate the analog community, with the folks from PDR! We’ll be appreciating art, swapping prints, sharing our love for all things analog, and, of course, the usual shenanigans.
To participate in the print swap, bring a print made from a film photograph and walk away with a print made by another community member.
8×10 or smaller please. Non-analog printing methods are fine.

Call for Entries - Our Diversity is our Strength curated exhibit
2019-04-21 23:30 | Pro Photo Supply, 1112 NW 19th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Our Diversity is our StrengthCall for Entries
The call for entries is running now through an extended date of April 21st (calendar)
The exhibit will open at Pro Photo Supply on June 6th and be up through August1112 NW 19th Ave. Portland, OR 97209503-241-1112
For questions about submissions email Paige Stoyer at cpstoyer@gmail.com
30 images will be selected by curators Paige Stoyer and Jim Lommasson for the exhibit at Pro Photo SupplySelected images will also be on display at Blue Sky Gallery on the community wall for June and July, and in one of the community drawers as well
Our diversity is our strengthA curated exhibition telling the story of immigrants in our community
After a very successful exhibition in 2018, we are excited to announce the second edition of this curated photography exhibit, created to highlight through original photographs the diversity and strength of our community. Partners The Immigrant Story and Pro Photo Supply make this project possible, helping to address issues that are increasingly prevalent in our country today: xenophobia and the dehumanization of immigrants, whose stories are our stories as a community and a nation.
This year’s photo contest, open from March 1 through April 14, 2019, welcomes submissions that depict the stories of immigrants who have added to our diverse cultural landscape. We encourage photographers of all levels, including students, to submit, as well as families and individuals who wish to share family snapshots which help tell their own immigrant story — either past or present.
We are a nation of many immigrants and ethnicities woven together to create a beautiful tapestry of different identities and cultures. The current social and political climate in the United States has reminded us that many of our neighbors continue to face prejudice. This exhibit will bring together photographers, the photo education community, and the immigrant community to tell the story of our past, present, and future as a nation of immigrants.
A final selection of 30 images will be made in May and showcased at Pro Photo Supply in a large format exhibition that will run from June through August 2019. There will be a gallery opening and a community event at their store on First Thursday, June 6, 2019.
Additionally our curators, photographers Paige Stoyer and Jim Lommasson, will be selecting up to 20 images to be shown at Blue Sky Gallery throughout June and July 2019, on the community wall and in one of the community drawers that the gallery is providing especially for images from our exhibition. Photos will also be shared on social media and other online platforms.
By learning something about the individuals whose journeys brought them to this country, we hope to enhance mutual understanding. Through visual stories of immigrants, whether first-, second-, or 10th-generation, we can examine the hopes and dreams that we all have in common and develop a new appreciation for those things that bind us together.
For more information and to submit entries, please visit our website athttps://theimmigrantstory.org/diversity-is-our-strength/
Images selected for last year’s exhibition, which included professional, amateur, student submissions as well as some family snapshots, can be viewed at https://theimmigrantstory.org/photo-contest-2018/
Sponsored by:Pro Photo Supply, Portland, OR (http://prophotosupply.com/)The Immigrant Story, Portland, OR (https://theimmigrantstory.org/)

Photolucida's Portfolio Walk at Portland Art Museum
2019-04-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Photolucida’s Portfolio Walk
Thursday April 25th, 6-9pm
Portland Art MuseumFields Ballroom1119 SW Park AvenuePortland, OR 97205www.photolucida.org
As part of Portland Photo Month, join Photolucida in the Portland Art Museum’s Fields Ballroom for this fan-favorite event that always draws a huge crowd – so get there early! 160 talented emerging and established photographers lay their photographs out on tables to share with the public – you! This event is a wonderful chance for the Portland community to meet photographers, engage in conversation, and view photographic works. Photographers will have traveled to Portland from many points in the United States, as well as Canada, Norway, Japan, Spain, Germany, South Korea, and India.

Adam Bacher at Pushdot Studio
2019-04-26 19:30 - 21:00 | Pushdot Studio, 2505 SE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Adam Bacher, Riding the Storm Out – A Blizzard of Ravens
OPEN/CLOSE: April 4th – May 31, 2019Opening Reception: Friday April 5th, 6-8 pmArtist Talk: Friday April 26th, 7:30- 9pm
Pushdot Studio2505 SE 11th AvenueSuite 104 (in the Ford Building, enter on Division Street) Portland, OR 97202503.224.5925 www.pushdotstudio.comGallery Hours: Mon-Fri. 8:30am to 5:00pm, free admission
This February, Ravens flew high in the chaos of a blizzard. An inkblot Rorschach riding the sky in punishing winds. And a photographer ventured freely into the furious storm to record their actions. The snow collected in feet not inches, on the slopes of Mount Hood. Trees turned a cold hue of winter storm white. Winds blew steady at 35, gusting to 60. Snow forget how to fall, accelerated horizontally in the relentless storm.
A blend of synthetic fiber, fleece and feather kept me warm. I was better off not knowing the windchill. Access to the day’s show was all I needed. It had been five years since my first encounter with Ravens, and I couldn’t have asked for a better way to celebrate the anniversary.
This project began on whim after bitter winds brought and early end to a mountain ski trip in February 2014. Back in the parking lot I watched a small group of Ravens from the comfort of a warm car and a thermos of hot cocoa. There they were, gliding effortlessly between towering fir trees, not a care in the world. It was enchanting.
I’d never photographed birds before and almost drove home. But something about those Ravens drew me over. I put on snowshoes and walked to them. Did I decide to come to the Ravens, or did they decide to have me come over? I’m still not sure.
Premier Showing – All new work and first edition prints
You may find Adam’s raven work at ConspiracyOfRavens.com

Photolucida's Photobook Fair at Blue Sky Gallery
2019-04-27 18:30 - 21:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Photolucida’s Photobook Fair
Saturday, April 27th, 6:30-9pm
Blue Sky Gallery122 NW 8th Ave.Portland, OR. 97209www.photolucida.org
It’s Portland Photo Month!
Photolucida’s second-ever publisher’s Photobook Fair is all about celebrating the photobook! Join 12 small-press publishers – Radius Books, Candela Books, Kehrer Verlag, Zatara Press, Dark Spring Press, One Twelve, AINT-BAD, Fall Line Press, Fraction Editions, Kris Graves Projects, Daylight Books, Princeton Architectural Press – who will be set up with collectible, hot-off-the-press, and hard-to-find-elsewhere publications to view or purchase. Participating publishers will have books to be signed by artists in attendance: Dotan Saguy, RJ Kern, Vladimir Antaki, Ken Rosenthal, Molly McCall, Will Douglas, Alexis Pike, Stephen Milner, Clay Maxwell Jordan, Cody Bratt, Kris Graves, Aline Smithson, Maha Al-Asaker, Hilary Duffy, Emily Matyas, Soraya Zaman, Jeanine Micha-Bales, and Mary Virginia Swanson.
Also happening this evening, Photolucida’s SILENT AUCTION will feature some incredible photographic work – including prints from Amy Friend, Cheryle St. Onge, Tamara Staples, Adriene Hughes, Maya Meissner, Cable Hoover, and Ekaterina Solovieva. All proceeds from the auction will go towards funding scholarships for the next Photolucida Reviews event. Check out the auction and make a bid!Pearl District galleries exhibiting photography will stay open this evening until 8pm for a GALLERY WALK to welcome Photolucida participants and the general public! Galleries include Froelick Gallery, Augen Gallery, Charles A. Hartman Fine Art and PDX Contemporary Art.

Vladimir Antaki at Blue Sky Gallery
2019-05-02 17:00 - 18:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
Vladimir Antaki, The Guardians
May 2–June 2, 2019First Thursday opening reception: May 2, 6:00–9:00 PMArtist talk: Thursday, May 2, 5:00 PM
Blue Sky Gallery 122 NW 8th AvenuePortland, Oregon 97209 USA503-225-0210Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pmFirst Thursday 6 – 9 pmbluesky@blueskygallery.orghttp://www.blueskygallery.org/All Blue Sky events and programs are free and open to the public.
For his series The Guardians, Vladimir Antaki traveled across Europe, the Middle East, and America, photographing and interviewing shopkeepers or “Guardians.” These Guardians are keepers of what Antaki terms “urban temples,” or unique spaces which, in an age of cookie-cutter, corporate shops, hearken back to an earlier mode of urban life. Antaki creates portraits of the Guardians that invite the viewer connect to the beauty of these often forgotten spaces. Antaki believes that these temples are the heart and soul of every city; they are what give the urban center its uniqueness in time and place. As so many of them are closing, Antaki seeks to preserve their memory and pay them tribute.
Vladimir Antaki was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1980. He grew up in Paris and studied art history and film studies at La Sorbonne. In 2003, Antaki moved to Montreal, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in visual and media arts from L’Université du Québec à Montréal in 2007. The Guardians has been exhibited in public spaces and galleries in more than a hundred cities across France and North America, as well as throughout Lebanon. The series won an Infopresse Lux prize in 2013, and was selected to represent Canada in The Other Hundred, a photo-book curated by the Global Institute For Tomorrow. Most recently, Antaki has published a monograph of The Guardians through Kehrer Verlag.

Lew Nunnelley at Pearl Gallery and Framing
2019-05-02 17:00 - 21:00 | Pearl Gallery and Framing, 2250 NW 22nd Ave Suite 404, Portland, OR, 97210, United States
Lew Nunnelley, UNCONVENTIONAL ROLLING ART: GRAFFITI CACOPHONY
May 2 to June 2, 2019Reception: May 2 from 5pm to 9pm
Pearl Gallery and Framing2250 NW 22nd Ave Suite 404 Portland, OR 97210503.274.9878Normal hours:9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekdays11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdaysand every First Thursday until 9 p.m.tekoah@pearlframing.comhttps://Pearlframing.com/
For the month of May, Pearl Gallery & Framing will be showcasing a selection of photographs of graffiti by Lew Nunnelley. This selection of photographs, were made from graffiti images on railroad cars in the Willamette Valley.
“Painting on railroad cars is considered vandalism by some, therefore painting or “tagging” should be done only with prior approval, – Lew Nunnelley
Lew has been making photographs for many years. Like most photographers in the 35mm film era Lew has several shoeboxes of slides that take up space in his closet. About 20 years ago he decided to try to get better at making photographs so he began taking workshops with Galen Rowell, John Sexton, Henry Gilpin and others. Based on those workshops and his interests at that time he pursued traditional landscape photography. Lew still makes photographs with his trusty 4×5 view camera, however as time went on he began to develop an interest in observing and documenting the interaction of people with the environment – how people perceive and manipulate the environment/landscape. This more human oriented view of our environment led to his interest in photographing graffiti.
“Doing graffiti is different than most art. There is no career path. It’s usually anonymous. And the graffiti on railroad cars doesn’t usually stay put – it’s mobile, ephemeral and there is little hope of getting kudos from the professional taste makers.”
The question Lew poses is “why would someone paint graffiti – especially on railroad cars when the railroad companies are usually not enthusiastic about the activity?” His conclusion is that there are several possible motivations of graffiti artists but one, he believes, is that it is the creation of a work of art which livens up the train yard and hopefully is seen by many people, if only briefly. He feels it is a very unselfish and lighthearted way of altering the environment. In passing them, Lew notes that in his opinion, some of the “pieces” (as works of graffiti are called) exhibit a high degree of artistic talent.
“I am not a professional photographer. I am a retired engineer. I do, however, wish to thank all the graffiti artists who have made my journey through life and place a little more colorful.” – Lew Nunnelley.

Pelle Cass at Camerawork Gallery
2019-05-04 10:00 - 16:00 | Camerawork Gallery, 301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR, 97227, United States
Pelle Cass, Crowded Fields
May 4 – May 31, 2019
Camerawork Gallery301 N. Graham Street, Portland, OR 97227Located in Lorenzen Conference Center – Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Campus.9am – 6pm, Monday-Saturday, Sunday, 10am-4pmFree off street parking available, Stair and elevator access, TriMet Routes 4, 24 and 44www.TheCameraworkGallery.orgwww.Facebook.com/cameraworkgallery503-701-5347Event is free and open to the public
Brookline, MA photographer Pelle Cass notes, “The reshuffled time of this series of composite photographs called Crowded Fields, play prevails over competition, the stands are empty, and the fields are full, whole games are shown out of sequence. I rearrange the archetypes of sports into new patterns.
“To make the compositions, I put my camera on a tripod, take up to a thousand pictures, and compile selected figures into a final photograph that is kind of a still time-lapse. I change nothing—not a pixel—only select what to keep and what to omit. It all happened just as you see it, just not at the same time.
“My subjects are the lightly attended fields, arenas, and stadiums of college and amateur teams (especially women’s teams) around Boston where I live. I try, in the series, to convey a sense of ecstatic chaos–rhythm, pattern, and bodily pleasure that conspire to turn sports back into a game, one that may be invisible to the eye, but clear to my camera.”
Basic information on my process • I put my camera on a tripod and take up to a thousand or more photos over an hour or two from the exact same spot. A thousand photos is typical. • I compose the files in Photoshop. A typical finished photo might include two- to fourhundred layers. • It takes me about 40 hours to assemble a photo in Photoshop. The whole process— from shooting to polishing the final file—might take about two weeks if I’m working on it full time.
Pelle Cass is a photographer from Brookline, Massachusetts. His work is in the collections of the Fogg Art Museum, the Addison Gallery of American Art, the Polaroid Collection, the DeCordova Museum, the Peabody Essex Museum, the MFA, Houston, and others. Cass’s work has been published widely online, in books such as Photoviz, Deleueze and the City, and Langford’s Basic Photography and magazines such as Consumer Reports, Businessweek, McSweeney’s, and the Boston Art Review., and he’s received fellowships from Yaddo and the Polaroid Collection.
www.PelleCass.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pellecass/

2019 Curatorial Prize: An Inward Gaze at Blue Sky Gallery
2019-05-04 15:00 - 17:00 | Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
2019 Curatorial Prize: An Inward Gazecurated by Jon Feinstein and Roula Seikalyphotographs by Arielle Bobb-Willis and Brittney Cathey-Adams
May 2–June 2, 2019First Thursday opening reception: May 2, 6:00–9:00 PMArtist-led tour of An Inward Gaze: Saturday, May 4, 3:00 PM
Blue Sky Gallery 122 NW 8th AvenuePortland, Oregon 97209 USA503-225-0210Tuesday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pmFirst Thursday 6 – 9 pmbluesky@blueskygallery.orghttp://www.blueskygallery.org/All Blue Sky events and programs are free and open to the public.
Blue Sky is pleased to present its second annual curatorial prize exhibition, An Inward Gaze. Curators Jon Feinstein and Roula Seikaly have brought together the work of Arielle Bobb-Willis and Brittney Cathey-Adams, two women who make sculptural, performative images that counter the male gaze and its prevalence in art history. In doing so, they illustrate how this power dynamic bolsters pervasive gender, race, and body size stereotypes in contemporary art and pop culture. Bobb-Willis’ vivid staged photographs use the human form as source material and as stand-ins for self-portraits representing her own complex emotional struggles. Cathey-Adams creates black-and-white self-portraits in various natural settings that declare personal agency in representation, and defy historical stigmas attached to women who do not fit an idealized physical mold.
Feinstein and Seikaly describe the work in An Inward Gaze as “an abstraction of control and self representation. Rather than offering a salve for the many complex problems tied to the male gaze, we’ve paired the work of Arielle Bobb-Willis and Brittney Cathey-Adams in an attempt to reframe looking: how two artists use photography to process their own inner struggles, how they use images of the physical form as metaphors for these monologues, and ultimately, how their methods are a means of taking ownership over their bodies and inward spaces.”
About the Curators:Jon Feinstein is a Seattle and New York City-based photographer, curator, writer, and co-founder of Humble Arts Foundation. Jon has curated numerous exhibitions over the last decade in venues including Glassbox Gallery in Seattle, The Filter Photo Festival in Chicago, Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle, Hasted Kraeutler in NYC, Affirmation Arts in NYC, Barclays Arena in Brooklyn, New York, and Milk Studios in NYC. His curatorial projects have been featured in Aperture, The New York Times, The New Republic, BBC, VICE, The New Yorker, Hyperallergic, Feature Shoot, and American Photo, and his writing has appeared in VICE, TIME, Slate, GOOD, Daylight, Photograph, and PDN.
Roula Seikaly is a writer and independent curator based in Berkeley, and Humble Arts Foundation’s Senior Editor. Her writing is featured on platforms including Aperture, Photograph, Saint Lucy, Strange Fire Collective, Camerawork, Hyperallergic, and KQED Arts. She has curated exhibitions at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, SOMArts, and SF Camerawork.
About the Artists:Born and raised in New York City, with pit stops in South Carolina and New Orleans, photographer Arielle Bobb-Willis has been using the camera for nearly a decade as a tool of empowerment. Battling with depression from an early age, Bobb-Willis found solace behind the lens and has developed a visual language that speaks to the complexities of life: the beautiful, the strange, belonging, isolation, and connection. Her photographs are all captured in urban and rural cities, from the South to North, East to West. Bobb-Willis travels throughout the US as a way of finding “home” in any grassy knoll, or city sidewalk, reminding us to stay connected and grounded during life’s transitional moments. She is currently based in New York City.
Brittney Cathey-Adams is a photographic artist currently located in Portland, Oregon. Her work includes themes of body politics, fat positivity, and interrogating ideas of representation through self-portraiture. Her work has been exhibited at institutions such as the de Young Museum, The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado, and Rayko Photo Center in San Francisco. Most recently, she was a 2017 Artist In Residence with Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York. Previously, she taught photography and created program curricula in the Bay Area for seven years. She is currently teaching photography with Portland Community College. With a strong passion for photography and art education, Cathey-Adams dedicates herself to image making as well as sharing visual language through teaching in and out of the classroom.

Angel O’Brien at 45th Parallel Wines
2019-05-04 18:00 - 21:00 | 45th Parallel Wines, 8527 N Lombard, Portland, OR, 97203, United States
Angel O’Brien, The Distance of Forgetting
Friday, May 2nd – Thursday, May 30thArtist’s Reception-May 4th 6-9pm
45th Parallel Wines8527 North Lombard StreetPortland, Oregon 97203(971) 266-0886www.45thparallelwines.comTuesday-Thursday noon-8pmFriday-Saturday noon-9pmSunday noon-6pm

The Distance of Forgetting is a series of unique self-portrait montages that are made using the alt-process photographic printing techniques of platinum, gum bichromate, cyanotype and photo transfer. With these photographs, Angel plays with the idea that through the melding together of multiple, often disparate, images, something magical and other can be created.
www.5x7angel.cominstagram- @5x7angel

Eric Brody at West Linn Public Library
2019-05-05 12:30 - 14:30 | West Linn Public Library, 1595 Burns Street, West Linn, OR, 97068, United States
Eric Brody
May 1-May 31, 2019I shall be having reception on Sunday, May 5 from 12:30PM-2:30PM.
West Linn Public Library(in the Community Room)1595 Burns StreetWest Linn, OR 97068https://westlinnoregon.gov/libraryMonday – Wednesday 10:00AM-8:00PMThursday-Friday 10:00AM-6:00PMSaturday-Sunday 12:00-5:00PMPlease call 503-656-7853 if you’d like to visit during the day as the room is sometimes booked for meetings.
I am privileged to have an solo exhibit of my photography at the West Linn Public Library, in the Community Room, from May 1 through May 31, 2019.
www.ericbrodyphoto.com
A photographer can preserve a moment in time by combining artistic vision and technical tools. Each of my images has a special meaning for me. For each, I can recall the light and the unique photographic aspects of the scene. I am fortunate both to live in Oregon and to have the ability to travel to photograph. Oregon and the west are magical places where one can capture the extraordinary beauty in simple natural things.For many years, I used black and white film and printed in the traditional darkroom. I now photograph digitally with a high-resolution camera, and do post processing in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.All photographs are manipulated. A two dimensional piece of paper is not reality; black and white is not reality; the colors in photographs are not real either. Just choosing where to place the corners in a composition requires a conscious decision. I have modified the color in some images as I have modified the tonal relationships in black and white, both traditionally and digitally to produce images that please me.

Cherie Hiser - A Celebration of Life at Portland Art Museum
2019-05-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Cherie Hiser – A Celebration of LifePresented by Tatiana Raimondo
May 9th @ 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Portland Art MuseumWhitsell Auditorium1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205www.portlandartmuseum.org503 226 2811Cost: Free to the public
Lee Friedlander referred to Cherie Hiser as a “Photo Evangelist.”
Cornell Capa called her “One of the Most Vital Persons of Our Time.”
Cherie Hiser is the Godmother of the “Selfie.”
Cherie Hiser Revolutionized the Education of Photography with the “Center of the Eye” in Aspen, Colorado in 1968.
Cherie Hiser is a third generation Portlander who was introduced to Photography in a workshop with Minor White at the Portland Art Museum in 1960. The Portland Art Museum has her work in its permanent collection. Cherie’s first teachers also included Imogen Cunningham and Ruth Bernhard.
As mentioned above; Cherie founded and directed “The Center of the Eye” in Aspen, Colorado in 1968. It was “the first and finest year round photography workshop facility in the country.”
The teacher roster included: Ruth Bernhard, Bea Nettles, Joan Lyons, Nathan Lyons, Bruce Davidson, Garry Winogrand, Robert Heinecken, Ralph Gibson, Jerry Uelsmann, Lee Friedlander, Cornell Capa, Paul Caponigro, Henri Cartier-Bresson, etc.
Cherie served on the Ansel Adams Friends of Photography Board of Trustees for five years. Ansel Adams recommended Cherie Hiser be the first Director of Photography for the new Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities in Sun Valley, Idaho in 1974.
Cherie Hiser’s Photographic work spanned six decades. Her “Odyssey of the Invisible” included her photographic work of numerous subcultures in our society. “I photograph what we don’t, or can’t, see”
Upon returning to Portland in 1978 Cherie maintained two careers. She worked as a photographer/teacher and a Mental Health Therapist.
Other photographic bodies of Cherie’s work include “Re:Visions.” “A re-photographic survey of photographs of myself, and friends.” “Sleight of Face” which are diptychs of Drag Queens. And, “Birds of Pray.” A photographic project during a disability leave of absence from her work as a Mental Health Therapist.
Cherie founded PhotoWorks Northwest in Portland in 1996. And, in 1999 Cherie was a Trustee, and Founding Member, of Photolucida. She also served as the Chairperson of the Fine Art Auction in both 2000 and 2001.
Included in Cherie’s Celebration of Life, will be written tributes for Cherie from Joan Lyons, Bea Nettles, and Paul Caponigro, with a special audio tribute from Judy Dater.
Presented by Tatiana Raimondo (pocitos@comcast.net)
Cherie HiserBorn in Portland, Oregon – May 9th, 1939Died in Portland, Oregon – December 26th, 2018

C.A. Burns Photography - The Innovative Eye in memoriam at The O’Brien Photo Gallery
2019-05-11 16:00 - 18:00 | The O’Brien Photo Gallery, 2833 Willamette, Ste. B, Eugene, OR, 97405, United States
C.A. Burns Photography, The Innovative Eyein memoriam
The show runs from May 11th through July 11th.Reception on Saturday, May 11th from 4-6 pm.
The O’Brien Photo Gallery2833 Willamette, Ste. BEugene, OR 97405541 729 3572Open weekdays, call to be sure we’re openwaltobrien1945@gmail.comhttps://www.waltobrien.net
This is a memorial show for an early member of the PhotoZone Gallery who passed awaythis year. He passed away before the show was organized.
From an article by Paul Carter in the Eugene Scene Website https://www.eugenescene.org.
“To make a living, he started a career in social work, managing a training center for developmentally disabled adults in California. After several agency positions, the path ended in burnout. Odd jobs followed in San Francisco and briefly in Seattle. He started a professional darkroom and photography business. There were even episodes of living on the street forced by his precarious financial situation and a natural disaster, a mudslide in San Carlos, Calif. in 1983. In Eugene since 1991, Burns taught photography at the Craft Center at the University of Oregon and worked for Dot Dotson’s photo equipment and photo finishing stores. Along the way, there was plenty of artistic rejection. A gallery owner in San Francisco turned down his early work with the advice to “print bigger.” He took that advice to heart. Burns’ photography defies easy categorization. He works in single images that range from street portraits, still life and landscapes to documentary photographs. He also has experimented with manipulated images. There is some color; all the work is 35 mm and done with natural light. He is drawn to faces but hastens to explain that he wants to photograph people — often strangers on the street — to reveal “what the person is about.” Portraits almost always involve hours of conversation with his subjects. He is never a snapshooter.”

Grace Weston at the Portland Art Museum
2019-05-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Grace Weston, Not Everything is Funny
Portland Art Museum Photography Council’sBrown Bag Lunch Talk Series
Wednesday, May 15th, 2019, Noon – 1pm
Portland Art MuseumThe Miller Gallery, Mark Building1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205www.portlandartmuseum.org503 226 2811Cost: Free to the public (people are welcome to bring their lunch)
Join Grace for a presentation of her work from the last several years – from her photography of detailed staged miniature scenes to her first large-scale multi-media installation debuted at Nine Gallery. She will address changes to her work prompted by her relocation to Seattle and her eventual return to Portland, and as always, she will share a peek at the behind-the-scenes process. There will be time for questions.
Based in Portland, Oregon, Grace has spent the last twenty-plus years photographing small worlds. Although never depicting actual people in her photographs, the psychological landscape, our search for meaning, and the contradictions of human existence are undeniably at the center of her work.
Grace’s artwork has been recognized internationally with numerous exhibitions, publications, public acquisitions, and awards. She has also created work in her unique style for the editorial market.
www.graceweston.com

Rich Bergeman at Benton County Museum
2019-06-01 14:00 - 15:00 | Benton County Museum, 1101 Main St., Philomath, OR, 97370, United States
Rich Bergeman, The Land Remembers
May 10 – June 15, 2019Opening reception Friday, May 10, from 5-6:30pmGallery Talk, Saturday, June 1, at 2pm
Mooreland GalleryBenton County Museum1101 Main St.Philomath, OR 97370www.bentoncountymuseum.org541-929-6230Open Tues-Sat 10am-4:30pm
“The Land Remembers: Photographs Inspired by the Rogue River Wars” features more than 30 black-and-white infrared photographs by Corvallis photographer Rich Bergeman.
Over the last three years Bergeman has explored hundreds of miles of back roads in the Rogue River Country, from Mt. McLoughlin to Gold Beach–as well as a few more miles on the river–in search of places where one of the bloodiest and longest-running wars in the state’s history raged in the early 1850s. Largely forgotten today, the Rogue River Wars festered and flared up multiple times between 1851 and 1854 before erupting into all out war involving the U.S. Army in 1855-56. It ended with the forced removal of the Rogue Valley and the South Coast tribes to reservations at Siletz and Grand Ronde in what natives remember as Oregon’s own “Trail of Tears.”
Bergeman says his goal was not to document exact sites from the war years, but rather to bring the historic conflict back to life through a “reflective look at the beautiful and sublime landscape that played host to such tragic events over 160 years ago.”
An Oregonian since 1976, Bergeman is a retired instructor of journalism and photography for Linn-Benton Community College in Albany. The 70-year-old photographer has been exhibiting his work at various venues in the Northwest and beyond since the 1980s. Over the past two decades he has focused primarily on portraying forgotten Northwest histories through photographs of what’s been left behind. His photographic portfolios can be seen at richbergeman.zenfolio.com, and in book form at blurb.com

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