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From logging towns to coastal fishing villages, scattered across Oregon and Washington, every community has one — the federal government at its most local, where the reach of the state meets the scale of daily life. Some are historic brick, some utilitarian block, one is a trailer. All of them are easy to overlook. That's what makes them worth photographing.

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A cloud of delicate cherry blossoms in peak bloom creates a dreamy foreground against the weathered steel towers of Portland's historic Steel Bridge. The industrial lattice work and suspension cables stretch across a crystalline blue sky, while the soft pink petals blur into an impressionistic veil. This juxtaposition captures the essence of Portland's Tom McCall Waterfront Park, where nature's ephemeral beauty meets the city's enduring industrial character along the Willamette River.

Cherry Blossoms Over the Years

Every spring, the cherry trees along the Tom McCall Waterfront Park draw Portlanders outdoors. These are a few years' worth of those days — blossoms, bridges, and the people who show up for them.

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A warm portrait of a middle-aged man wearing round glasses, a tan baseball cap, and dark jacket, smiling gently at the camera with soft natural lighting and greenery in the background.

Portraits with Peter Marks

A portrait session with DJ and event producer Peter Marks.

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A contemporary restaurant interior at Hopscotch in Portland, Oregon featuring dramatic red curtains framing the entrance, purple and pink neon tube lighting, polished concrete floors with colorful reflections, and diners seated at tables in the background with decorative palm plants.

Hopscotch Art Experience

Here's a refined version: > Hopscotch is an immersive art and dining experience in Portland's Central Eastside, designed by Waechter Architecture. These photographs document the venue's dramatic interior — a sequence of corridors, galleries, and dining rooms where neon tube lighting in blues, purples, and reds plays against exposed brick, raw concrete, and polished reflective floors, turning the space into an experience as considered as the art itself.

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A wall clock, framed 'Coffee is Art' poster from Stumptown coffee shop, and potted plants arranged on a wooden shelf against a beige wall. The scene captures the cozy, artistic atmosphere of the Portland coffee shop interior.

Stumptown Coffee Belmont Street

After more than twenty years of operation, the Belmont location of Stumptown Coffee Roasters has closed. This news took me by surprise, so I looked through my archives to see what photos I had taken there over the years. To my surprise, I realized I never managed to take proper photographs of this iconic coffee shop. I'll keep digging, maybe I'll find more.

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Two women stand facing each other in an outdoor park setting in Oregon City, Oregon, engaged in friendly conversation and smiling. The younger blonde woman on the left wears a dark jacket with a campaign button, while the older woman on the right wears glasses, a gray blazer, and purple shirt.

Jamie McLeod-Skinner Campaign Event

A congressional campaign rally for Jamie McLeod-Skinner at a park pavilion in Oregon City. Campaign signs, conversations on the grass, the unhurried atmosphere of local politics doing its work.

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A jubilant woman wearing wire-rimmed glasses emerges from an oversized Earth costume, her arms raised in triumphant celebration against the soft-focus backdrop of Portland's Revolution Hall. The handcrafted globe features vivid azure oceans and lime-green continents, while a distinctive pink laptop computer sits incongruously across the equator. Golden afternoon light illuminates her genuine smile and the costume's felt textures, creating an atmosphere of playful environmental activism in Oregon's Central Eastside district.

Earth Day 2022

On Earth Day 2022, Portland's Central Eastside became the stage for a procession equal parts celebration and protest. Participants in elaborate costumes — bees, sunflowers, towering plants, and one person wearing a full globe — marched alongside a flower-adorned Earth on a funeral cart through the neighborhood streets, staging a symbolic funeral for the planet as passersby looked on.

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A middle-aged man with glasses and gray hair sits in his art studio surrounded by colorful paint tubes, brushes, and artwork displayed on the walls. The bright, organized workspace features large windows, a desk lamp, and various artistic materials scattered throughout the creative environment.

Gregory Hergert

Visual artist Gregory Hergert, founder of the Urban Surrealism Art Movement, photographed at work in his studio at Brassworks Annex in Portland, Oregon — drawing inspiration from the daily movements of people and animals in the city that surrounds him.

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A wide, empty multi-lane highway curves through lush green hills toward the modern high-rise buildings of downtown Portland, Oregon under an overcast sky. The scene captures the contrast between urban development and natural landscape typical of the Pacific Northwest.

Empty Highways

I captured these photos in the summer of 2024 during a series of highway closures in the Portland area. One was caused by the construction of a new overpass, while the other was for graffiti removal. I headed out early in the morning to photograph these normally busy roads, now eerily empty and silent.

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