Tim Trautmann

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

Have passport, will travel.

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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.

From the Journal

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.
Portraits with Carolyn Hazel Drake

Portraits with Carolyn Hazel Drake

In the studio with textile and ceramic artist Carolyn Hazel Drake. Carolyn works with textiles and ceramics to craft detailed stitched collages that intend to evoke out-of-body meditative states. Her work references devotional objects and familiar folk tales shrouded in mystery.
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.
The United States Post Office in Stevenson, Washington, a single-story blue brick building with signage reading "Stevenson Washington 98648." An American flag and a black POW/MIA flag fly from a tall flagpole. A blue USPS mailbox sits on the sidewalk near a stop sign and "End One Way" sign at an intersection. In the background, a quiet small-town main street leads toward the Columbia River Gorge, with densely forested mountains dusted with snow rising dramatically under a partly cloudy sky.
The United States Post Office anchors downtown Stevenson, Washington, as the Columbia River Gorge's snow-dusted, fire-scarred ridgeline frames the scene beyond.
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.
Dozens of large white wind turbines spread across rolling agricultural land near Moro, Oregon in Sherman County. In the foreground, alternating bands of dark freshly tilled soil and golden unharvested grain create a patchwork across gently undulating hills. A single turbine dominates the right side of the frame in sharp detail, its blades motion-blurred from rotation, while a long row of additional turbines recedes into the distance across the plateau. The sky is a soft layered blend of grey-blue overcast cloud with a pale pink and lavender glow near the horizon, suggesting either dawn or dusk. The overall mood is quiet and expansive, with muted, cool tones throughout.
Wind turbines and wheat fields share the sweeping agricultural plateau of Sherman County near Moro, Oregon, at dusk.
Portland, OR
51°F Feels like 51°
Humidity
50%
Wind
0 mph E
Gusts
1 mph
Rain today
0.00"
Pressure
30.08"
Solar radiation
81 W/m²
Sunrise
7:32 AM
Sunset
7:10 PM