A Portland Journal: The city in photos
January 22, 2023
Has the city lost its way? In the first of a series of urban portraits, K.B. Dixon reminds us of what Portland felt like in the not-too-distant past.
Has the city lost its way? In the first of a series of urban portraits, K.B. Dixon reminds us of what Portland felt like in the not-too-distant past.
Open Air Museum, Part 3: Still hesitant about entering a museum or gallery? Welcome to this statuesque exhibition-about-town.
The Japanese artist’s reflection on the shifting forms of life, meticulously shaped at PLACE, is about to return to its source.
Photographer K.B. Dixon considers the art of portraiture in photographer Wilson’s bold new book of images of famous writers.
Photographer K.B. Dixon continues his series of portraits with theater leader Josh Hecht, art school dean Jen Cole, opera singer Hannah Penn, novelist Tony Ardizzone, and film prop and effects artist Christina Kortum.
Photographer K.B. Dixon haunts the neighborhoods to discover what Halloween artists have wrought. See what he scares up.
Photographer K.B. Dixon continues his series of portraits with musicians Marv and Rindy Ross, artist David Eckard, actor Maureen Porter, and writer Todd Schultz.
“The first thing I am looking for in a portrait is beauty”: K.B. Dixon talks about the intricate dance of subject and photographer.
K.B. Dixon’s series of portraits continues with the Oregon Symphony’s Scott Showalter, Renegade Opera’s Madeline Ross, theater leader Michael Mendelson, poet Genevieve DeGuzman, and roots music legend Lloyd Jones.
After a two-year Covid layoff, the big LGBTQ+ celebration is returning to Waterfront Park. Photographer K.B. Dixon shows us what we’ve been missing.
Ready or not, here it comes. After two years in the Covid desert, Portland’s Rose Festival roars back. Let the Bacchanalia begin.
Yes, it’s a great beach town – and part of that is its cultural life. K.B. Dixon brings home the photographic proof.
K.B. Dixon continues his series with five fresh photographic portraits of people who help define the shape of Portland’s culture.
As the nation celebrates the art of language, K.B. Dixon photographs ten leading Oregon poets.
By a popular restaurant on the way to the Oregon Coast, an open-air logging museum offers the strange and ghostly beauty of ruination. A photo essay by K.B. Dixon.
Photo essay: Portland’s iconic video store and memorabilia museum has kept the film lights flickering through the pandemic.
K.B. Dixon continues his photo series with portraits of ten more people who help define the shape of Portland’s culture.
K.B. Dixon begins a new series with photographic portraits of eleven people who help define the shape of Portland’s culture.
On Street Photography Day, Portland photographer K.B. Dixon celebrates the art of capturing the moment.
In his continuing series of portraits of Oregon artists, photographer K.B. Dixon profiles 11 outstanding writers.
As the world begins to waken, K.B. Dixon and his camera rediscover the pleasures of an arts & crafts fair.
From the symphony to baroque to jazz to Celtic to opera to a legendary luthier, an Oregon all-star team.
As this year’s Pride Festival and Parade go (mostly) virtual, we take a pictorial stroll down memory lane.
As the scaled-back Rose Fest readies its Porch Parade, a tribute to the canceled Rose City Classic Dog Show.
It’s the top of a new day for heads in hat-happy Portland. K.B. Dixon’s street portraits show off the evidence.
Photographer K.B. Dixon focuses on National Poetry Month with portraits of half a dozen leading Oregon voices.
Museums and art galleries are just beginning to awake. Portland’s museum of street art has been thriving all along.
So near, and so far: K.B. Dixon turns his lens on downtown Portland, before the pandemic and the plywood.
On portraits and phrenology: Meet Phil, who’s been hanging around the house and has a lot on his mind.
To decorate, or not to decorate? K.B. Dixon and a Guy Named Will tell a winter’s tale of baubles and figurines.
Photographer K.B. Dixon takes a pandemic voyage into the rediscovered territories of home.
Nine months into shutdown, even introverts miss the bustle of the streets. A look back on the art of gathering.
Photographer/writer K.B. Dixon profiles leading gallery owners Martha Lee, Charles Froelick, Elizabeth Leach.
The creators: Ten portraits by K.B. Dixon of artists who are defining what Portland and the state look like.
Photographer K.B. Dixon’s Still-Life in a Time of Sequestration, Part 3: An uncommon world of common shapes.
Ten portraits by K.B. Dixon of Oregon artists who are helping to define what Portland and the state look like.
As the festival and parade gear up for an online celebration, a glimpse in photos of pre-pandemic parades past.
Knight, knight: A historic plague knocks Ren Faire off its horse. Picturing how it was & looking ahead.
This year’s big bash is gone with the pandemic wind. As a scaled-back virtual fest begins, an ode to the way it was.
A photographer talks to himself about shadows and the mysteries of black & white.
As we isolate ourselves, photographer K.B. Dixon finds beauty in the splendid solitude of ordinary things.
As the “real” museums shut down. K.B. Dixon tours the city’s murals and discovers a free exhibit on the streets.
As the pandemic empties the city’s center, a paean to the rhythm that has always given Portland a time of solitude.
As online orders keep the great gathering spot going, a look back on its glory days and hope for their return.
As other subjects retreat into solitude, K.B. Dixon shifts his camera gaze to the beauty of domestic things.
We know. It’s tough. But some Portlanders have been practicing it a long time. A look at states of solitude.
Photo First: A Little Street Music (or, remembering Portland as it so recently was).
Ten portraits in black and white by K.B. Dixon of Oregon artists making their mark on the world.
Ten portraits by K.B. Dixon of Oregon writers who are making a mark, with excerpts from their work.
Portland Tuba Christmas makes a mighty sound in Pioneer Courthouse Square, renewing a pleasure we’ve been missing.
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