Remembrance of Things Past

So near, and so far: K.B. Dixon turns his lens on downtown Portland, before the pandemic and the plywood.

February 24, 2021

K.B. Dixon

Culture, Photography

PHOTOGRAPHS AND TEXT BY K.B. DIXON

There has been a lot of depressing talk lately about what our city has become this past year. It’s hard to argue. The images here have been gathered for nostalgics. They are, à la Proust, a small remembrance of things past—images of Portland before the pandemic, the protests, and the plywood.

SIMON BENSON HOUSE, 2016

JACKSON TOWER, 2011

CITY HALL, 2011

CITY HALL 2, 2011

PIONEER COURTHOUSE, 2011

BIG PINK, 2012

CENTRAL LIBRARY, 2012

BENSON HOTEL, 2012

FACING SOUTH, 2018

BANK OF AMERICA, 2013

PSU SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, 2018

DIRECTOR PARK, 2018

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KELLER FOUNTAIN, 2016

ANTOINETTE HATFIELD HALL, 2016

SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY, 2016

K.B. Dixon

K.B. Dixon’s work has appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers, and journals. 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 collection, My Desk and I. Examples of his photographic work may be found in private collections, juried exhibitions, online galleries, and at K.B. Dixon Images.