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Halloween 2025: Scary enough for you?

Gargoyles, dragons, skeletons, ghouls, pirate skulls, scythe-swinging demons all around the town: Why, it's almost as alarming as what's going down in Washington, D.C.!
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October 25, 2025
Culture, Photography

If the goings-on in Washington, D.C., are not quite frightening enough for you, the goings-on in your neighbor’s front yard might be. ‘Tis not the season to be jolly, but the season to be terrified. Below is a creepy collection of Halloween portraits celebrating this year’s All Hallows Day.

Gag, 2025

Gargoyle, 2025

Dental Work, 2025

Batman, 2025

Arg, 2025

Sponsor

Salt and Sage Much Ado About Nothing and Winter's Tale Artists Repertory Theatre Portland Oregon

Top Hat, 2025

Dragon, 2025

Scarf, 2025

Bangs, 2025

Bound, 2025

Cowel, 2025

Scythe, 2025

Sponsor

Portland Center Stage at the Armory Portland Oregon

Profile, 2025

Scarf #2, 2025

Tongue, 2025

K.B. Dixon’s work has appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers, and journals. His most recent book, The Dogs of Doggerel: Irregular Poems was published in Fall 2025. The recipient of an OAC Individual Artist Fellowship Award, he is the winner of both the Next Generation Indie Book Award and the Eric Hoffer Book Award. He is the author of seven novels: The Sum of His Syndromes, Andrew (A to Z), A Painter’s Life, The Ingram Interview, The Photo Album, Novel Ideas, and Notes as well as the essay collection Too True, Essays on Photography, and the short story collections, Artifacts, and My Desk and I. Examples of his photographic work may be found in private collections, juried exhibitions, online galleries, and at kbdixonimages.com.

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