Camera Shy


One eye
Originally uploaded by rynosoft

I snapped this while we waited for the Wailers to play at the zoo Wednesday evening. It gets chilly when the sun goes behind the bandstand so I brought my sweater from the office and this shirt which I wear when I’m biking. For some reason, Graham was a little camera shy at that moment.

Faces in a crowd


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Originally uploaded by rcoder

Tina and the boys and I went to the Multnomah County Bike Fair on Saturday. We had fun and saw a lot of weird people. I didn’t get very many pictures but this guy happened to catch us watching the “pie jousting.”

Christensen


Christensen
Originally uploaded by rynosoft

Yesterday morning I was in the midst of making a movie of the Iraq Names Project when I was stopped dead in my tracks by this. It’s unlikely that it is someone that is related to me and even less likely it’s someone I know, but the name “Christensen” always draw my attention. Here, moreso than ever before.

Names of the dead


Names of the dead
Originally uploaded by rynosoft

A local university professor created a chalk tribute to the fallen soldiers of the Iraq war on the sidewalks of Portland’s Waterfront. I saw it for the first time in its completed form this morning on my ride to work. The names go on and on. Some have faded and been washed away by the rain, but it all works metaphorically, I think

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