Dominik Kruger
Dominik Kruger is a Portland-based designer + photographer. He caught my eye because I know these landscapes and how heavily they are photographed. It can be difficult to take a camera with you to places that are so heavily covered already in greeting cards, calendars and web headers. These scapes though feel like they’ve never been seen before. Especially this last one – can I call it out as Silver Falls south of Portland? I could be... Read More
Kate Consumption NOW
The one, the only Kate Bingaman-Burt opened up Land Gallery on Friday. Balloons, pencils, colors, madness. And the cocktail dress of the decade. Such a star, and I so love that her lil gift package of rip-offs given to her by Frank was captured in that last photograph. So that is called joy! The overall feeling of the show could be surmised as the collision of sunshine + love + energy + consumption. Not the rampant nasty consumption, but the fun... Read More
Rainy night in Portland
Well this is as close to an Easter gift as I’ll get today! Amid an in-home work day, I was so thrilled to see Xlr8r posted a podcast dedicated to the City of Roses. From Xlr8r: In true Portland fashion, his A Rainy Night in Portland mix is completely off the wall and true to the city’s DIY spirit, juxtaposing noise and quirky dance numbers with leftfield pop, hip-hop, indie rock, and dub. Oh yeah, the mix was also assembled using vinyl... Read More
Powells blitzkrieg
For those of you that are lucky enough to live in Portland, you know the program. I looked at my image library at home and realized it needed some refreshments. There is only on place. There is only one holy land. Powells Books. Here is what I found, all came from the Orange Room, in and around section 675, Nature Studies, in case you’d like similar publications on your shelf at home! Total cost: $29.25 All I will say is this could... Read More
Tweed riders galore
What a rabbit hole! Originally I was digging really hard for the next installment of Flickr Group Love to be based on capturing what it is to be a logger. During the dig, the internet (father fate) lead me to Kit Crenshaw’s photostream, which has this set that basically captures the idea of Portland. So to Kit, father fate, and your gorgeous photographs of the spirit of Portlandia. Tweed Ride started in January of this year, and will... Read More
Michael Henderson
This dude helps make Portland awesome. I’m really loving what is happening in this man’s head. I would have loved to have seen where he gathered some of his dreamy imagery. Michael graduated from OSU in 2003 and does client work as well as impressive personal art explorations. Way to go Michael! Michael Henderson Read More
Olaf, Celine @ Blue Sky
It’s no secret. I love me some Nordic countries. Specifically Greenland and Iceland, but Norway is on the list as well. So imagine my super delight when I found out today that the Blue Sky Gallery just down the street has a new exhibition containing images from Greenland & Norway. Icebergs, fog, cold grey waters. Blue Sky, get out of my head. Olaf Otto Becker Celine Clanet The cold, the absolute ridiculous nature of living in a place... Read More
The bird brains of Portland
Talking Birds art show from Aaron Rayburn on Vimeo. Alright so the show is still up at the Land Gallery. This was my first show, meaning I had no idea what on earth was going to happen, who was going to show up, or how drunk my friends were going to get. Considering my doomsday predictions, miraculously no art was destroyed, no humans mamed, and I actually slept well after. Read More