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Tim Trautmann

Commercial, editorial, portraiture.
Photographer in Portland, Oregon.

Have passport, will travel.

Portland, OR ·
Overcast
50°
Feels like 50°
Humidity 64% Wind 1 mph N Sunrise 7:07 AM Sunset 7:27 PM
Travelers are silhouetted against the vivid backlit art installation "The Sky's the Limit" in the underground pedestrian tunnel connecting terminals at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. The curved ceiling and wall panels glow in shifting bands of turquoise, green, and yellow, creating a striking contrast against the dark figures of passing passengers. Their reflections shimmer on the polished floor below.
Travelers pass through "The Sky's the Limit" art installation in the underground tunnel at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

From the Journal

Every Spring, They Come Back

Every Spring, They Come Back

Portland's cherry trees bloom for ten days — sometimes fewer. You can't plan for it, but you can keep showing up. Every year I do, for the blossoms and the way they make the whole city stop and breathe.
An Empty Highway

An Empty Highway

A rare I-5 shutdown in Southwest Portland — for a bridge demolition project — offered an unusual chance to photograph a completely empty urban freeway, a sight that typically only appears during a global pandemic or a scene from The Walking Dead.
Crossing Waters

Crossing Waters

I’m honored to announce that my image, “Crossing Waters,” was selected by Natasha Eagan of the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago for the 2023 Artist’s Perspective show. You can view all forty-two selections in a one-night exhibition on Friday, April 28th, 2023, at the Fulton Street Collective in Chicago.

Stay in the loop

Selected Work

A close-up portrait of pro skateboarder Christiana Means holding a well-worn Nike skateboard deck up to her chin, gazing directly into the camera with a calm, focused expression. She has short dark hair, freckles, and a small lip piercing, and wears a white tank top. A colorful graffiti mural in purple, blue, and yellow serves as the background.
Pro skateboarder Christiana Means with her well-worn Nike deck at Stronger Skatepark in Milwaukie, Oregon.
A portrait of muralist Kyle Danley, also known as Wetiko, standing in front of one of his large-scale murals depicting a close-up of a French Bulldog's face on a pink building. He wears a black Arc'teryx puffer jacket, a grey hoodie, khaki jeans, and a mustard yellow beanie. Neck and hand tattoos are visible. He looks directly into the camera with a calm, serious expression, hands in his pockets.
Muralist Kyle Danley, also known as Wetiko, in front of his mural at the Taylor Electric site in Portland, Oregon.
A portrait of DJ and event producer Peter Marks seated in a darkened music studio, lit dramatically by warm red light. He wears round glasses, a baseball cap, a grey t-shirt, and an open dark shirt. An Oberheim synthesizer and a Roland TR-909 drum machine are visible in the foreground, with additional keyboards and equipment stacked behind him. A red neon triangle glows on the left side of the frame.
DJ and event producer Peter Marks in his music studio, surrounded by an Oberheim synthesizer and Roland TR-909 drum machine.
A vibrant interactive art installation featuring glowing neon geometric shapes, wireframe structures, and heart symbols in blues, pinks, and greens displayed in a dark gallery space. The luminous digital art creates an immersive environment with overlapping transparent panels and geometric forms.
An immersive neon light art installation at Hopscotch gallery in Portland's Central Eastside district features geometric wireframe structures and glowing symbols in vibrant colors.
A two-lane asphalt road with double yellow center lines curves gently to the left and disappears over a ridge on Oregon State Highway 218 in Wheeler County, between the towns of Antelope and Fossil. Dry golden bunchgrass and scrubby high desert vegetation flank both sides of the road. A small cluster of juniper trees stands at the curve. Beyond the ridge, a vast panorama of rolling tan hills and eroded canyon country stretches to a distant mountain range under a dramatic, heavily overcast sky filled with layered blue-grey storm clouds. The overall palette is stark — dark asphalt, golden grassland, and brooding sky.
Oregon State Highway 218 crests a ridge near Fossil, revealing the eroded canyon country of Wheeler County beneath a stormy sky.
Three Aeroméxico passenger jets are parked in a row on the tarmac at Mexico City International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez), their dark navy tail fins bearing the airline's distinctive Aztec eagle logo receding in perspective from left to right. The aircraft registration numbers XA-DAH, XA-AMK, and XA-CCO are visible on the fuselages. A ground crew worker in a high-visibility vest walks near the closest aircraft, and a small white tug vehicle operates in the foreground. Orange traffic cones and yellow tarmac markings are visible on the dark pavement. Additional aircraft from other airlines are parked in the distance. The sky is pale blue with soft pink-tinted clouds, suggesting early morning or late afternoon light.
Three Aeroméxico jets line the tarmac at Mexico City International Airport, their navy tail fins and Aztec eagle livery stepping into the distance as ground crews prepare for the next departure.