Lost in the red osier dogwood berries the other evening..
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#riparian #landscapesofresiliance #alongthelevee #monochrome #triptych

Rome Station, OR
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#easternoregon #blackandwhite #westernlandscape #wanderings #newlandscapephotography

along the levee at dusk

Mayville, OR
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Almost a ghost town...
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#westernlandscape #blackandwhite #ghosttowns #rural #oregon #architecture #whateremains

Slight.
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toned cyanotype diptych, 2024
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#alternativeprocessphotography #cyanotype #historicalprocess #duree #eyeshift #slight #shift

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

I am lucky if I make it through two hours of Contracts without saying something dumb and he drops this twenty hours in

Riparian..
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Revisited a small creek I haven't seen in a few years. Thick with hawthorn and wetland plants remind me of spaces I played in as a child, kingdoms of the imagination..
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#riparian #landscapes #landscapephotography #visualart #intimatelandscape #monochrome

Juniper / after the brush fire
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Toned, cyanotype diptych

Pink Loop
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#worksonpaper #abstraction #oilpastel #oilbar #drawingpractice #abstractart #gesture

Rep. Zooey Zephyr - My Wife - just gave an incredible speech against a drag ban in Montana. It was so strong that a Republican rose to speak passionately against the bill, chastising the sponsor.

The drag ban dies in Montana, flips 10+ Republican votes!

This is the power of representation.

A bright red graphic with bold white text reads: "STOP CONFIRMING TRUMP NOMINEES." The Indivisible logo is at the bottom. The font has a distressed, grunge-style texture.

I want to be posting something else today. I want to be celebrating Senate Democrats who took a stand, driving thank-you calls to their offices. Instead, I have to post this (again).

15 Dems just voted to advance one of Trump’s MAGA nominees. Here's the roll call: www.senate.gov/legislative/...

Slough
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such an odd word, in old English it meant 'muddy place', which is apt, but fails to describe the magic of such transformative and fertile spaces..
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#riparian #landscape #landscapephotography #bitterrootvalley #monochrome #bnw

Plum Is.
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Beautiful winter day looking for snowy owls, wandering salt marshes, coastal forest, and along the sea..
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#plumisland #atlantic #dunes #winter #wander #bythesea

On the levee.
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#winterwanderings #blackandwhite #thicket

Winter wanderings..
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So many eagles along the river, counted over 30
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#baldeagle #winter #gathering #alongtheriver #clarkforkriver #montana #wanderings #riparian #landscape #newlandscapephotography #landscapestories #landscapephotography #longtermproject #intimatelandscape

Homestead along the Upper Missouri Breaks back country byway
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#homestead #backcountrybyway #backroads #missouribreaks #blackandwhite #film #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #mediumformat #analogphotography

Dune.
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From long ago, out on the coast, whilst navigating new landscapes..
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#silvergelatinprint #mediumformat #apx100 #filmphotography #analogphotography #darkroom #blackandwhite #print #filmisnotdead

Roadside Cottonwood
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#missouribreaks #backroads #filmphotography #mediumformat #ilforddelta100 #summerwanderings

Trump Fires National Archives Director Colleen Shogan “This evening, President Trump fired me. No cause or reason was cited."

Just spoke (very briefly) to National Archives Director Colleen Shogan, who confirmed to me Trump fired her a few minutes ago: www.404media.co/trump-fires-...

Blue Flag.
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Drawing has been a haven this season. I've always worked between a variety of media, photography, printmaking, drawing, painting

#oilpastel #worksonpaper #abstraction #pastelpainting #oilbar #gesture #artpractice #drawingpractice #artmaking #studioart #abstractart #oddlittlepainting

This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.

Underbelly.
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#roots #cedargrove #forestphotography #blackandwhite #monochrome

This Way and That
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Toned cyanotype diptych on wc paper.
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#cyanotype #altprocess #duree #panoramabutnot #lookbothways

Happy Imbolic!

Cedar forest.
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It is about now that I miss the green things, I miss the soil under foot. The sharp scent of deep winter clears the head, but I miss the scent of growth..must be time to begin sowing. Prospect.
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#cedargrove #blackandwhite # monochrome #forestphotography

grey / ochre
9x12, oil pastel on paper
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#oilpastel #worksonpaper #abstraction #pastelpainting #oilbar #gesture #artpractice #drawingpractice #artmaking #studioart #abstractart #oddlittlepainting

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Painter Who Plotted a New Path for Native American Artists, Dies at 85 Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, a painter who pointed the way forward for Native American artists after her, has died at 85.

www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

BREAKING: Senator Ron Wyden says his staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following the Trump funding freeze.

The ice is growing along the river, such a fascinating process to watch..