Analogue Photography in Portland
More from my 52 Rolls project – this is the rest of the roll that I shot and posted early today, but in this case featuring Portland. Lots of photos here, so click on the link and have a look!
About two weeks ago my partner and I drove to Portland Oregon to give a talk, and for some down-time. As it turned out I did not shoot a lot of film there – this roll has Portland sandwiched between Port Angeles. Rather like a Reuben with Wonder bread*.
We took the ferry from Victoria across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Port Angeles, Washington and stayed the night there and then drove to Portland. That first evening and while waiting for the ferry on our return, I took a few pictures around town. The Port Angeles parts of this roll are published simultaneously in my blog post Beware of the Log .
While in Portland we were lucky enough to meet Monica Smith, known in many corners of the photography internet, often as Moni, or CraftyMoni. She blogs at Blatherskite and other places including, in 2014, here
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Beware of the Log
Looks like the muralist got it right.
There were no logs on this beach when there was a Klallam village beside it, let along dangerous beach logs.
Nor where logs tolerated by the more recent Utopian religious community.
On our way to Portland we stayed the night in Port Angeles, but not on the beach.
Freeway Sentinal
We went to Portland a week ago, though it seems like half a lifetime already.
It think this pylon is an artifact in the collection of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
OMSI sits on the site of and within an old power generating station.
Which is partly beneath the Interstate freeway.
Looks to me like the pylon and bridge have embraced a relationship.
As have many people of Portland with OMSI.
Its well worth a visit, with your kids.
And how many museums can you say that about – so many are not kid friendly, try as they may.
Kiix?in Pinnacle
A couple of days ago I made a day trip to the Bamfield area in Barkley Sound for a meeting.
Bamfield is about a 4 hour drive from Victoria, much of it over logging roads.
Our meeting was at village called Kiix?in (the ? is a glottal stop) which is a Canadian National Historic Site.
It is in the territory of the Huu-ay-aht First Nation and looks out towards the Deer Group of islands.
This photograph is from the exposed beach to the west of the site.
A Flintknapper’s Garden
My 33rd roll on the 52Rolls in a year project is mostly pictures from a flintknapper’s garden full of obsidian. I am trying to get caught up after being out of town for so long, hence the flurry of posts from 52rolls.
For Roll 33 I bring you a flintknapper’s garden, and one more shot of hand-made dolls from Mayne Island, taken this time on the Canon Elan 7N with 50mm f1.4 lens (mostly anyway).
The Mayne Island shot below is of some dolls that my partner carved – she makes wonderful dolls from wood, and sews their clothing too. The dolls get up to all kinds of things on her charming blog, here.
The flintknapper is a friend of mine who works as a lithic technologist doing analysis of stone tools and the waste flakes from making them, as well as using other methods such as pecking and grinding. During our recent trip to Oregon we stayed one night with him and his partner. They are dedicated gardeners, and since he has tons (literally) of obsidian and other rock good for making stone tools much of it has made its way into the…
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