Check the PhotoZone Meeting educational events HERE.  We have many educational events planned.  All will take place after our meetings regularly scheduled on the third Sunday each month.  Meetings are held at The Emerald Art Center, 500 Main street in Springfield.  Meetings start at 1:00pm.  Visitors are welcome. Please enter by the side door on 5th St.  Special events usually start around 3:00pm. Note: the events page will open in a new tab.

Last Friday Photo Movie Night this Friday, October 31st!
(Halloween costumes welcome, but not required 😉 )

Join us at Don Dexter Gallery in NE Eugene on Friday, Oct. 31st, for next installment of Last Friday Photo Movie Night! Snacks and lively conversation included!  Admission is free - Donations gladly accepted to help defray the costs.  We'd love to see you there!(Directions and address are below.)
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the feature start at 7:00.

Photographer Peter Turnley talks about life in all its facets and presents a selection of pictures from over 90 countries where he has experienced grace, spirit, dignity and humanity.

Don Dexter Gallery - 2911 Tennyson Ave #202 in Eugene

An immersive 3-part photography workshop with Fritz Liedtke and BodyVox Dance

Photographing Dance and Dancers

November 15 + 19, 2025 

BodyVox Dance Center

1201 Northwest 17th Avenue

Portland, OR 97209

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/p...

Tickets: $268.61

Discover the art of capturing movement, emotion, and light in this immersive three-part dance photography workshop with professional photographer Fritz Liedtke, held at Portland’s celebrated BodyVox Dance Center. Designed for photographers of all levels, this workshop combines the excitement of working with professional dancers with the technical and creative guidance you need to take your images to the next level.



Part 1: Preparation — Self-Guided Materials (Delivered the week before class)

Before the in-person session, you’ll receive a set of resources to help you prepare. These materials will cover foundational concepts and a host of inspiration, so you arrive ready to make the most of your time in the studio.

Part 2: On Location — 6 Hours of Shooting (Saturday)

Spend the day photographing professional dancers in a variety of settings, both in the beautiful studio and in the surrounding environment. Fritz will be your guide all through the day, both demonstrating concepts, and working with you one-on-one to help refine your vision and imagery. You’ll learn how to:

• Work with natural light and artificial light, including flash and modifiers

• Direct and pose dancers to highlight form, grace, and drama

• Anticipate and capture the decisive moment when movement and emotion align

• Choose locations, wardrobe, and styling that enhance your vision

• Build confidence in working with models and performers

If you want to work with flash, equipment will be provided for your use, though you are welcome to bring your own gear if you prefer. The goal is to help you explore multiple approaches, experiment creatively, and walk away with a portfolio of dynamic images.

Part 3: Virtual Editing & Image Review (Follow-Up Session)

Several days after the shoot (November 19, 7-8:30pm), we’ll gather online for an editing and critique session. You’ll receive constructive feedback on your photos, learn editing techniques to make your images shine, and discuss strategies for building a strong body of dance or performance photography. (This will be recorded if you can't join.)

By the end of the workshop, you’ll not only have a deeper understanding of lighting, timing, and storytelling in dance photography, but also the confidence to work with dancers, models, and performers in future projects. Whether you’re looking to broaden your portrait and event photography skills or simply want the chance to create extraordinary images in a supportive, collaborative setting, this workshop is designed to be both challenging and inspiring.

The first 6 attendees receive a discount on their tickets, so sign up now!

Learn more and sign up at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/p...

Loren Nelson, Rich Bergeman, Bill Kirby at LightBox Photographic Gallery

October 11, 2025 through November 05, 2025

Reception: Saturday, October 11th from 4-7pm

LightBox Photographic Gallery & Fine Printing

1045 Marine Drive

Astoria, Oregon 97103

(503) 468-0238

Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 12 pm to 5 pm

Loren Nelson, The Colors of Time: Abstracted Visions from Astoria’s Boatyard

I have spent hours wandering through this forest (harbor?) of colors and textures, mesmerized by the amazing combinations of layered paint and rust! In my exploration of abstract images, I’m going beyond traditional visual representation and inviting viewers on a journey of personal interpretation and contemplation.

http://lightbox-photographic.c...

Rich Bergeman • The Paleo Lakes Project

Water is the defining element in the geography of Oregon’s High Desert. An odd thing to say, perhaps, considering there is so little of it out there. But that wasn’t always so. During the late Pleistocene, the entire expanse of the Great Basin was covered by vast inland seas. Over the last 10,000 years they ever so slowly dried up, leaving the arid, steppe terrain we’re familiar with today..

http://lightbox-photographic.c...

Bill Kirby • Portraits of King’s Hill

On a quiet fall morning in Portland’s King’s Hill neighborhood I discovered historic homes illuminated by soft light on their century-old facades. What began as a few images soon became a project to explore the neighborhood’s history, atmosphere, and distinctive architectural styles. Portraits of King’s Hill is a series that capture each residence’s character and presence.

http://lightbox-photographic.c...

Complete show info is on the LightBox website, http://lightbox-photographic.c.... LightBox also continues The Analog Forever Exhibit and features work from The Guild at LightBox consisting of Jim Fitzgerald, Jody Miller, Julie Moore, Marc McVey, Rachel Wolf, Kathy Radie, Michael Puff and Loren Nelson. Contact LightBox at 503-468-0238. LightBox is located at 1045 Marine Drive, Wed. – Sat., 12 - 5:00pm.

Angel O'Brien, Revelations & Reincarnations

Opening Saturday, October 4th 5-8pm
Runs through October

Franklin FOTO

8953 N Lombard St,
Portland, OR 97203
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
https://www.franklinfoto.org/

Revelations & Reincarnations

This series addresses the simultaneously personal yet deeply universal experience of living in an imperfect body. This world quite wrongfully demands that perfection be limited to the young and privileged, and so through these photographs, I ponder the explorations of life and its glorious complexities that is afforded someone who made it past the “youthful” years and am decidedly enjoying an era of revelations and reincarnations. The wrinkles, scars, aches + pains, plus sized clothing, and my glorious white hair are each passages in the book of my life written into my layers skin for all to see.

Each of these photographs are made by hand either in my basement darkroom or at Franklin FOTO using a variety of alternative processes as well as silver gelatin. Like all humans, each print is beautifully unique and one of a kind. Through the use of additional artistic mediums such as embroidery, paper collage, cardboard sculpture, paint, etc., you will see that many of these photographs are not simply photographic prints. Even though a photograph is indeed worth a thousand words, sometimes I have even more to say.

www.thingsfoundatelier.com/angelobrien

Carol Isaak, SEASONS: Lan Su Gardens

Oct. 3 - Nov. 3, 2025

Opening Reception: 

Friday, Oct. 3 from 5-6 pm, during the Eugene First Friday Artwalk

Artist's Talk

Sunday, Oct. 19, 2:30 pm at the Emerald Art Center, 500 Main St, Springfield, OR 97477 Tel: (541) 726-8595 

Dot Dotson's Gallery

1668 Willamette St.

Eugene, OR 97401

(541) 485-1771

Mon-Fri: 10 am - 5:30 pm

Sat: 10 am - 2 pm

dotdotsons.com

Free and open to the public

SEASONS

LAN SU GARDENS

Lan Su Garden in downtown Portland, Oregon, is one of the most stunning and authentic Chinese scholar gardens in North America. Photographer Carol Isaak found refuge there during the pandemic and fell in love with its archways, plants, bridges, and the way modulated light would puncture its exterior walls. Isaak photographed the garden in all four seasons for this collection in an attempt to express the serenity she felt while in the garden. 

Chinese scholar gardens are meant to express calm and provoke contemplation. The layers and shadows in Isaak’s work do both these things. The garden is a collaboration between sister cities Portland and Suzhou, China. Lan Su is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2025.

In Carol Isaak’s words: “I call myself an opportunistic photographer—an adventurer at heart. When COVID curtailed travel, the freedom to photograph regularly in Portland’s Lan Su Chinese Garden became a vital outlet, easing my longing to explore. Lan Su reconnected me with my deep love for Chinese culture. Entering the garden beneath the poetic inscription, "The Garden of Awakening Orchids," I was transported—viscerally and visually—to Suzhou, China. Suzhou, Portland’s sister city and the inspiration for Lan Su, is a place I had the privilege of visiting twice. It’s an astonishing city, rich with artistry and tradition.

As I began to explore the Garden’s mysteries, the seasons shifted—and so did my vision. Over three years, I collaborated with the space, allowing my eye to follow its changing light and subtle rhythms. In time, it became my home away from home. Floating between the magical and the material, I photographed without a plan—simply responding to the Garden. I’m delighted to bring my work back to the source of the Lan Su Garden.”

Carol Isaak’s art education was at The Cooper Union (BA) in NYC where she lived for a significant time. She has been a Portland Art Museum docent/educator for twenty years, specializing in photography, Asian and contemporary art. Her affinity towards Asian subject matter has led to extensive work that has been showcased in five separate Chinese cultural festivals. Her Chinese portfolio has also been exhibited widely in the Pacific Northwest. as well as numerous exhibits in the United States. Her work is exhibited widely and collected by museums, universities and private collectors.

www.carolisaakphoto.com

Jim Lommasson, Street Roots 25 Years! + What I Carry

A collaborative photo+writing storytelling project with Portland’s Street Roots Community

August 22 - November 23, 2025 

Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, OR 97205
503.222.1741

"This innovative project explores the burdens, hopes, and dreams of Portland’s homeless population through cherished items they carry throughout their lives, fostering compassion and understanding in a world often divided. Through compelling storytelling and creative expression, award-winning photographer Jim Lommasson amplifies voices from Portland’s homeless community, addressing themes of mental health, addiction, housing, personal growth, family dynamics and illuminates the resilience and humanity behind each object – and the person carrying it. This project resonates deeply for me, spreading a message of shared humanity and the healing power of empathy."

– John Lewis

To see more work from What I Carry:

https://us5.campaign-archive.c...

To see What I Carry: Voices from the Street:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Jim Lommasson is a freelance photographer and storyteller based in Portland. Lommasson is a recipient of the Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize from The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Lommasson's ongoing collaborative storytelling projects: What We Carried: Fragments and Memories from the Cradle of Civilization with Iraqi and Syrian refugees was exhibited at the Ellis Island Museum of Immigration in 2018. Stories of Survival and Remembrance: A Call to Action for Genocide Prevention was exhibited at the United Nations Headquarters in 2023.

Jim Lommasson | Photographer | 2405 NW Thurman Street | Portland, OR | 97210 | 503.939.1939 

Projects:

What We Carried: (storytelling projects with refugees and genocide survivors).

https://lommasson-resume.blogs...

What I Carry: A collaborative photo+writing storytelling project with Portland’s Street Community

https://us5.campaign-archive.c...

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Gathering: A Photographer's Collection

July 26 - November 23, 2025

This photographic exhibition features over 70 works from the personal collection of Portland, Oregon–based artist Christopher Rauschenberg. Gathering: A Photographer's Collection embraces a salon-style presentation with minimal text, encouraging viewers to experience seeing before knowing.

The selected photographs come from Rauschenberg’s extensive, five-decade collection of over 5,000 images and share a broad thematic focus on “people.” This inclusive motif offers a unique opportunity to compare a range of perspectives—from self-identity to global citizenry.

“With photography, one literally sees the world through someone else’s eyes, and we each have a different way of looking at the world around us,” says Rauschenberg. “Having seen the work of thousands of photographers, I’ve had a great many opportunities to discover new ways of seeing.”

Since 1975, Rauschenberg, as a cofounder of Blue Sky Gallery in Portland, has co-produced some 1,000 exhibitions with works from photographers worldwide. He has also presented nearly 200 solo and group exhibitions of his own work in the U.S. and internationally.

Gathering: A Photographer’s Collection was curated by Thom Sempere, JSMA’s Associate Curator of Photography. A gallery guide accompanies the exhibition, offering commentary and links for each artist’s image, along with background information for viewers seeking deeper interpretive insight.

This exhibition can be found in the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Gallery through November 23. At the University of Oregon in Eugene. 1430 Johnson Lane 
Eugene, OR 97403-1223.

PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW ARCHIVES

PhotoZone members Greg Giesy and Doremus Scudder are included in a long list of videos by by Hedda + John SD

Rudi Dietrich pictured below was one of the many artists sponsored by Photography at Oregon. He showed work at Dot Dotsons and gave a talk bout his work.

Click below and scroll down to find talks by Rudi and many others.

http://www.youtube.com/artsjournal/videos

artsjournal@yahoo.com   -    videos by Hedda + John SD       

ARTS JOURNAL  is on XFINITY CABLE  29 & 1088  Eugene & Springfield, Oregon                          Wednesday @ 4pm & Thursday @ 10pm

Photographer Stewart Harvey gave a Zoom talk for his previous show at the Emerald Art Center.

Burning Man

You can still view that on youtube by clicking here

Sponsored by Photography at Oregon.

Christopher Landis, Las Vegas Pandemic 2020
Presented by Photography At Oregon

This talk can also be viewed on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tXJbTttrmZc

Listen to interviews and features about local artists and galleries on

Viz City @ KLCC