Arctic Circle Basecamp- photo by Dudley Edmondson Chad Brown is a photographer, filmmaker, creative director, advocate, and nonprofit leader. Much of his work centers around telling stories of underserved voices. He documents indigenous stories, especially up in the Arctic, and...
Howard Lao, a Portland-based freelance photographer who specializes in sports photography, has an undeniable passion for telling the stories of athletes of all levels. This passion stems from his own personal experience running track in high school and in college...
Photo by Connor Twixx Williams, known for his iconic pink beanie, is a Portland born-and-raised video-based creative. Twixx's combination of intuition, passion, skill, and individuality has led to his success in the production world. As well as continuing to produce...
For Portland-based filmmaker and producer Summer Luu, storytelling has always been at the heart of their drive to make images. Summer tells clients stories utilizing a multitude of disciplines. “I'm a multimedia artist,” she states. “I do video and photography,...
Many photographers’ paths to professional image-making are driven by a romanticized desire to make great pictures of whatever they’re passionate about and have someone pay them for it. And while Dan Hawk’s journey to becoming a professional photographer certainly includes...
“It takes a unique set of skills to be a wedding photographer,” says Lauren Miles. To be a successful wedding photographer one needs to have a balance of technical skills and people skills that are unlike commercial photography, fine art...
Trying to pinpoint Joe Brook’s photography isn’t easy. “I would say I’m a photojournalist/fine art photographer,” says Joe. “I mostly photograph skateboarding, but I photograph landscapes, portraits, music, you name it. It all ties into what we do for articles...
Maybe you’ve seen her award-winning street photography on social media and in galleries. Maybe you know her from Blackfish Gallery (of which she’s a co-owner). Or from the Artist Union, a local critique group for budding film photographers. Maybe you...
Photo by Noyel Gallimore At first, you might not expect Sam Gehrke, a soft-spoken, quiet person, spends much of his time making punchy, high-energy concert photography. He looks like someone you might expect to be in a band (arms covered...
Whether you’ve seen Gritchelle Fallesgon’s Instagram account for her bright colorful studio photography or her profile for outdoor adventure photography, these two seemingly different bodies of work hold more in common than just the photographer who made them. Gritchelle is...
If you've seen a photograph from Mike Vos' current body of work, "Someday This Will All Be Gone", you're definitely going to remember it. Mike's work is distinctively unique. Sure other photographers have shot 4 x 5" film landscapes. Sure...
Say the name Jason Hill in a group of Portland Photographers and the most common adjective you'll get about his photography is likely to be "dynamically lit". Jason is a Portland based commercial photographer, educator, film maker, and long time...
