Hello Hikers! The Columbia River Gorge is looking really good this year with all of our spring rain. The recent May monsoon provided quite the show for myself and a friend as we hiked on the Rowena Plateau, at the Tom McCall Preserve. This was a day of 87 degrees mid-day, overcast during the early afternoon and thunderstorms, […]
The Statesman Journal today published an article on how my 1989 photograph of Opal Creek was instrumental in designating the area as the Opal Creek Wilderness and Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area (over 34,000 acres combined). Zack Urness writes…”Olson bushwhacked up Opal Creek for five days, making pictures as he went…. the picture he captured […]
Update 5/26/16 Friends, Your responses to this blog post was off the charts! Thank you for your overwhelming support through your recent visits to my site… 564 visitors at last count! I believe this interest reflects the need and desire for preserving our open spaces. In honor of your tremendous support and interest, I am […]
Celine, my wife, wrote the story below for one of my clients, whose son is recovering from cancer. The clearing storm with its splashes of sunlight resonated with her and she thought it would be an appropriate gift for him in his recovery… In Mt. Rainier National Park on September 2013, this image was taken at sunset as the […]
Please visit me at my Portland studio-gallery I welcome you by appointment, day or night to visit my 700 square foot studio. You’ll love seeing my photographs in person. I generally have 35 or more framed photographs up and beautifully illuminated. I also have several portfolios I can show you. You are free to browse […]
Utah Legislators may drill and mine at these Ancestral Ruins The Cedar Mesa cliff dwellings are currently unprotected, anyone can approach these Ancestral Puebloan ruins. Some are there to embrace them, but some have chosen to deface them. Having just returned from 10 days in Cedar Mesa, I am convinced that this area should be […]
GREAT NEWS from Frank, Hi everyone, I received this news on our paradox (white/black) walnut tree after attending and representing the voices of the neighborhood at Saturdays city urban forestry councils last minute meeting. We seem to have received the perfect amount of positive attention by the City in regards to our tree. We had […]
My neighbor called the other day to ask my help in saving a huge walnut tree planted in the late 1800’s. The tree stands on private property and a developer wants to cut it down to build an apartment complex. The canopy stretches over 6 households and the tree is thought to have been propagated […]
I am displaying two photographs at the Spring Show 2014 this evening. This is a juried show featuring the work of some of Portland’s most notable artists. Please join us! […]
In 1988, motivated by Oregon’s landmark river legislation, Larry Olson began making photographs for a book to celebrate our rivers. Oregon Rivers, which joins his photographs of Oregon’s wild and scenic river system with essays by John Daniel, was published in 1997. Making these photographs provided Larry the opportunity for a long-term immersion in intimate landscapes. “I […]
In the summer of 2011 Larry Olson and I did a 3-week sea kayak trip along the shores of Haida Gwaii. Larry’s fascination with Haida Gwaii began more than 25 years ago when, as a young sea kayaker, he began to dream of paddling her waters. Remote, wild, and relatively undiscovered, the islands represent a lifetime […]
