Cultural Identity

Street artist Heysus's colorful mural transforms a warehouse wall on Water Avenue in Portland's Central Eastside industrial district.
Convention-goers rest beneath dynamic maritime murals in the Oregon Convention Center's foyer, where urban art meets public space in downtown Portland.
Traditional Japanese fortune symbols including daruma dolls and a maneki-neko cat create a spiritual vignette at Sushi Mazi restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
A street artist works on a colorful geometric mural in Portland's Central Eastside district, part of a Portland Street Art Alliance project.
Anti-war demonstrators rally outside Revolution Hall in Portland's Central Eastside neighborhood, voicing support for Ukraine in the tense days preceding Russian military action.
An activist wearing a traditional floral headdress addresses media during an anti-war protest outside Revolution Hall in Portland's Central Eastside neighborhood.
An activist wearing traditional Ukrainian floral headwear addresses fellow protesters at an anti-war demonstration outside Revolution Hall in Portland's Central Eastside, days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.
Demonstrators gather outside Revolution Hall in Portland's Central Eastside for an anti-war protest, days before Russia's invasion of Ukraine would make their vigil tragically prescient.
An activist adorned with a colorful floral headdress addresses media and protesters at an anti-war demonstration outside Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon, days before Russia's invasion of Ukraine began.
A protester wearing Ukrainian-colored ribbons participates in an anti-war demonstration outside Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon, days before the Russian invasion began.
A protester adorned with symbolic ribbons and traditional headwear demonstrates outside Revolution Hall in Portland's Central Eastside, days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.
Ukrainian protesters rally outside Revolution Hall in Portland's Central Eastside district, holding a signed flag and demanding international attention days before Russia's invasion began.
Protesters wrapped in Ukrainian flags gather outside Revolution Hall in Portland's Central Eastside during an anti-war demonstration days before Russia's invasion of Ukraine began.
Mixed-media street art installation featuring wheat paste murals and sculptural elements creates a striking protest narrative on Berry Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
A cyclist encounters a graffiti-adorned food truck bathed in warm evening light along Kent Avenue in Brooklyn's Navy Yard district.
An Orthodox Jewish family navigates the sidewalks of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where centuries-old traditions meet modern urban parenting.
A pedestrian walks past elaborate street art murals adorning a brick building wall in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood.
A pedestrian walks past an elaborate blue geometric mural covering the facade of 128 Forrest Street in Brooklyn, New York.
Layered street art and concert posters create a vibrant cultural collage on a Capitol Hill storefront in Seattle, Washington.
Fresh seafood vendors work behind the counter at Seattle's famous Pike Place Fish Market, displaying the day's catch with handwritten price signs.
Clayton Patterson, the Canadian-born folk historian and photographer, sits surrounded by decades of collected artifacts in his Lower East Side studio on Essex Street.
Grace Church's Gothic Revival spire dominates the streetscape in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, where 19th-century ecclesiastical architecture meets modern urban life.
Sales associate Tony Chisholm pauses outside OK Boot Corral in Vancouver's Gastown, embodying the enduring Western spirit amid historic brick and glass storefronts.
Traditional Tlingit artist Brad Henry displays his work on Commercial Drive, continuing indigenous artistic traditions in Vancouver's diverse Grandview-Woodland community.
A portrait captured in the colorful neon ambiance of a Portland music studio.
A vinyl collector enjoys his music collection in a sunlit Portland home, showcasing the resurgence of analog audio culture.
An artist portrait of Portland based graphic designer and illustrator Naomi Likayi.
Protesters are marching down Burnside Street in Portland, Oregon in response to the unjust killing of George Floyd.
A pedestrian passes a mural by Portland street artist Uter.
Vintage vehicles parked in front of the "Keep Your Chin Up" mural in Portland's Alberta Arts District.