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The story behind the photos of the clarkston fireworks explosion of 1987
Matt Baney, managing editor at the Lewiston Morning Tribune, and I sat down to reminisce about the incident…
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Rocking chair or reinvention? Can you teach an old dog a new trick?
I run into people every day who tell me they love the printed page. Something about routine, morning…
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City Club at Night: photojournalism
I was asked to speak about my career and the reality of being a small town photojournalist in April 2025.
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Into the storm
One of the perennial themes for a photojournalist is documenting the weather. In the Pacific Northwest this usually…
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Life, death and frozen huckleberries in the Oregon Cascades
As fall gives way to the first snow of winter, the cycle of life and death continues in…
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Reliving The Pick: Behind the lens of one of Oregon Ducks’ most iconic football moments
Hard to believe 29-years have passed since that day The Pick haunts me. Missing an important play is…
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astrophotograpy: With great risk comes great reward — maybe?
A look a my three most popular photos of the cosmos I am not an astrophotographer. So, it…
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Fun in the mud at burning man
Yes, I survived Burning Man 2023. I was not washed away by flood waters, forced into cannibalism nor…
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TrackTown USA
Hayward Field and I go back a few years When I moved to Eugene from Idaho in 1988…
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The feature hunt
If you see it happen from the car as you drive by, it is already too late Call…
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Nature or nurture?
I was raised in a family of storytellers and artists. My paternal grandfather was a journalist. He was…
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COVID-19 pandemic
I remember driving to the nearby hospital in Springfield, Oregon in the spring of 2020 at the beginning…
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Seeking shelter
A look at the unhoused and the challenges they face in finding a place to call home Decades…
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Cece, Pip and the case of the missing fairy house
One of my favorite stories from the pandemic. Published in The Register-Guard in 2021. Once upon a time,…
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Ghosts of “Animal House” remain in Eugene decades after the release of the comedy classic
Cringeworthy and timeless, the movie has survived to become a touchstone for Eugene and the University of Oregon…
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The Great American Total Solar Eclipse of 2017
Months of planning with only minutes to capture a once in a lifetime event During the summer of…
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Going digital during the 1990’s
Switching from film to digital made sense, but challenges lurked During the summer of 1999 I started shooting…
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The Grateful Dead and O.J. Simpson
That time in 1994 that a Dragon truck and the Grateful Dead both came to town and O.J….
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On the bus with Ken Kesey
A look back at a culturaL icon and his bus In 1990 I had the good fortune to…
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Rajneeshpuram: A bizarre period in Oregon history
That time I met Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh During the summer of 1985, during my time as a photographer…
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