A photograph of dark basalt rocks emersed in fast-paced water, or perhaps a small waterfall., Basalt Clastics, Ecola State Park; 1994; gelatin silver print; (24.75 x 18.75 inches); Elizabeth Leach Gallery, 207 SW Pine St., Portland, Oregon 97204; (503) 224-0521, http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ohq/105.3/toedtemeier.html, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Linn-Benton Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.artcentric.org/
A hand-colored, black-and-white photograph of a city scene from an elevated point of view., Mary Ann Johns; Cityscape #4; 7 x 13 inches; photography: infrared, colored pencils/acrylics, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
A black-and-white close-up of the bare branches of an oak tree., Michael Peterson; live oak river; state capital vol III, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
A black-and-white landscape scene depicting a scraggly juniper tree in a high desert climate. The sky is dotted with small, white clouds., Columbia Plain Juniper; Jerry Gildemeister; Powder River Corrrectional Facility, Jerry Gildemeister is well-known for his photographs of the vast and dramatic landscapes of Eastern Oregon, as well as his collaboration with the painter Don Gray on several books. His work captures the spirit of the land and the life on it. (Oregon Arts Commission, gilde@uwtc.net, http://www.gildemeister-usa.com/, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Eastern Oregon Regional Arts. You may view their website at http://www.artseast.org/
A black-and-white photograph depicting a rocky river bed. The title indicates that the location may be Smith Rocks in Oregon., Clair Trotter; Smith Rocks; Revenue, Claire Trotter is a native of the Pacific Northwest and livesin Eugene, Oregon. She acquired her basic skills in photography while apprenticed to a commercial photographer in Chicago. Her photographs are a kind of visual haiku. In a simple statement these pictures can suggest realities beond ordinary perception. Her subject is usually nature, celebrating natural light and shadow on rocks, reeds, sand, driftwood, ice, leaves, things we usually pass without seeing. She Works mainly in black and white, using Linhof, Leica and Alpa cameras, and is intensely involved in the entire photographic process from compostion through printing. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in the United States and Europe, has been published in hournals devoted to the arts, and is represented in both public and private collections. (attributed to Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, date unknown--from materials in project binder), The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
A color photograph depiciting a view of a waterfront between two houses. The house on the left has a screen door standing open as well as a short clothes line in front of it with a piece of clothing blowing in the wind., Neighbors in the Season, Deborah DeWit was born in 1956 in Portland. Oregon. Four weeks after her birth, her mother returned with her to South America to re-join the rest of the family. She grew up traveling with her family and living in such places as the Philippines, New York, Minnesota, South Carolina, Florida, El Salvador, Colorado, Scotland and finally ended up in Portland in 1979. Photography was never a career choice and she entered Cornell University as an Agronomy major. After two years she decided to give her hobby, photography, more serious attention and moved to Colorado where her parents were living at the time. In order to finance her endeavors, she cheffed in restaurants for two years and in her spare time roamed the mountains outside Denver looking and experimenting with her camera. In 1978 she left for Scotland, where she worked on a farm, driving tractors, hoeing turnips and moving cattle from field to field. It was here that her real passion developed. The skies and the hills and the wildnes, Deborahdewitmarchant@verizon.net, http://www.dewit-marchant.com/, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
A black-and-white portrait of Leigh Clark leaning against a water-heater insulated with an apple-patterned material. Various objects in the cluttered space, such as the stove and utensils hanging on the wall indicate that the space she is pictured in might be a kitchen., http://www.robertmiller.org/, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
A black-and-white photograph of a collection of metal milk cans., rob@robwilliams.ca, http://www.robwilliams.ca/, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
This view represents all four of Claire Trotter's photographs in context at the Salem Printing Plant., Claire Trotter; St Printing Plant; 4 photographs b/w; 1980, Claire Trotter is a native of the Pacific Northwest and livesin Eugene, Oregon. She acquired her basic skills in photography while apprenticed to a commercial photographer in Chicago. Her photographs are a kind of visual haiku. In a simple statement these pictures can suggest realities beond ordinary perception. Her subject is usually nature, celebrating natural light and shadow on rocks, reeds, sand, driftwood, ice, leaves, things we usually pass without seeing. She Works mainly in black and white, using Linhof, Leica and Alpa cameras, and is intensely involved in the entire photographic process from compostion through printing. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in the United States and Europe, has been published in hournals devoted to the arts, and is represented in both public and private collections. (attributed to Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, date unknown--from materials in project binder), The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html