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A long exposure taken about 6pm along the coast at Portland Bill. I used a £10 filter set which is horribly scratched and marked which shows in the image to extend this image to around one second catching the water falling off the rocks. The cheap filters cause orange colours to appear when stacked so I have done my best to transform the sky without losing too much colour.
Portland Building - Portland Municipal Services Building
Architects: Michael Graves,
Emery Roth & Sons
Built: 1982
Location: Portland, OR
U.S. National Register of Historic Places since October 25, 2011
Architectural style: Post-modernism
These are stills from new time-lapse "Finding Portland"
More information and final video can be found at:
My intention when coming down was to do a timelapse, but as can be seen by the waves on the left it was SO windy that I re-thought and just took pictures instead!
Portland State University has pieces of art all over the place. Four of these large rock carvings you can sit on were near the Geology and Ecology buildings.
Right after the entry to the Chinese Garden in Portland. Note the great paving, stones put in 'vertically' in patterns resembling the doors. This paving 'grid' constantly shifts in your perspective as you move to make lines or squares or sort of random patterns.
Portland Bill, Isle of Portland, Dorset, UK. This light looks out across the English Channel towards France.
The fine bay of Portland and nearby Cape Bridgewater were indirectly named by Captain Grant in 1800 on the Brig the Lady Nelson when he explored this part of the coast a year or so before Matthew Flinders and Nicholas Baudin. James Grant was receiving his orders from the Duke of Portland and so Governor King in Sydney named the bay Portland after looking at Grant’s maps. Nicholas Baudin, the French explorer also named the area and called it Terra Bonaparte. After Major Thomas Mitchell’s explorations in 1836 his Australia Felix region became known as the Western Districts (of NSW). From 1803 some American whalers established summer whaling camps along Portland Bay but there was no permanent white settlement until Edward Henty arrived here from Launceston in November 1834. His brother Francis arrived to settle in December 1834. Thus began the white settlement of Victoria almost a year before Fawkner and Batman settled on Port Phillip Bay. (John Fawkner and John Batman also moved from Launceston because of the land shortages there with Fawkner settling in August 1835 near Hobsons Bay and Batman in June 1835 near the Yarra although he personally did not settle until April 1836.)
Edward Henty landed with 13 cattle, 4 bullocks, 5 pigs, 2 turkeys, vines, plants, seed, apple and pear trees. Francis arrived with dairy cows and Merino sheep. In 1836 Major Mitchell called in to the Henty’s property where Portland now stands. Henty had already explored inland by then and he had discovered Darlots Creek and Lake Condah. Three of Henty’s pastoral runs were at what became the town of Merino. The Hentys also earnt income from whaling but Edward did not even begin any whaling until 1836. Edward built his first house on what is not Bentinck Street. This was swept away when the town was surveyed in 1840 by Charles Tyers the government surveyor. By this time Edward and Francis had been joined by their other brothers Richard and John. It as a Henty son (Richard) who was the first white male born in Victoria and Edward Henty was the first to move inland in Victoria when he moved to near Merino in 1837. But many now assert that the first white settlement (not permanent or farming or pastoral settlement) in Victoria was by William Dutton with his fishery (sealing) and whaling station near Portland in 1833. Dutton had camped here in a temporary house for summer months since 1828. He also had whaling camps on Kangaroo Island. She still did not spent all the year at Portland but his whaling camp was a permanent structure. Dutton also had early whaling camps at Port Fairy. When Edward Henty arrived in November 1834 Dutton was already there and assisted Henty to get established. But does this Dutton claim really detract from Edward Henty’s claim to be the first permanent white settler on the land in Victoria?
The Henty brothers had illegally squatted on land and despite having 60 acres under crop, sheep grazing at Merino, two houses in both Portland and at Merino and 53 whites living on the land (46 males including employees and 7 females) Governor Gipps of Sydney was not impressed. The Henty brothers claimed compensation for their development of the land and a grant of some of the land. Thus began many years of legal battles with the government and the Henty brothers. Gipps sent Police to Portland to remove Henty from the land but this never happened. In 1843 the government softened and gave a grant of 83 acres at £2 per acre; town acres at £100 per acre; and compensation of £118 for their buildings, including the house which was destroyed to create Bentinck Street. The Henty brothers declined this offer and the dispute continued. Eventually the Henty brothers did get legal leases and they purchased more freehold land. Merino Downs station is still in the hands of Henty descendants.
Government land in Portland was sold in 1840 with 70 town blocks begin purchased immediately and many surrounding “suburban” blocks. Pastoral leases for inland areas were authorised from 1839. By 1842 the town had a temporary Presbyterian, Anglican and Wesleyan Methodist churches, a cemetery, a newspaper, a school house, hotels ( the Commercial Inn, the Portland Hotel, the Portland Inn and the Steam Packet Inn), a jetty and commercial enterprises. Customs duties were taken on the port trade. The main street along the foreshore Bentinck Street was named after the family name of the Dukes of Portland. The Customs House was completed in 1850; the Court House was built 1845; the Catholic Church 1848; the Presbyterian Church 1849; the Botanical Gardens began 1854; the Anglican Church 1856; a tramway to Heywood opened 1860; the Town Hall opened 1865 and a new Wesleyan Church opened 1865. In terms of population Portland grew quickly with around 1,200 residents in 1851 and around 3,000 by 1854. Today Portland has 10,700 residents.
Over a thousand people, including a large march of mothers, demonstrated for racial justice and against Donald Trump’s insertion of Federal officers in Portland,
Thousands of activists rally outside the Hatfield Federal Courthouse in Portland, Oregon. The activists were protesting the presence of federal officers in the city, and continuing the Black Lives Matter protests that started after the murder of George Floyd.
Portland has been roiled by nightly protests following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. President Donald Trump said he sent federal agents to Oregon’s largest city to halt the unrest but state and local officials say they are making the situation worse.
The clashes in Portland have further inflamed the nation’s political tensions and triggered a crisis over the limits of federal power as Trump moves to send U.S. officers to other Democratic-led cities he says are violent.
The super bowl will be over in a few minutes but I can't watch anymore, not as boring as baseball, but come on, it's been 3 f**ng hours already. Lost interest, sorry.
Anyhow, this is downtown Portland seen from the other side of the Willamette river after sunset.
The Portlandia Statue is the largest copper repoussé sculpture in the United States. Designed and built with assistance by Raymond Kaskey and located above the entrance of Michael Graves' Portland Building in downtown Portland, Oregon, at 1120 SW 5th Avenue.
Portland Art Museum
Psychedelic Rock Posters and Fashion of the 1960s
Overview
Psychedelic Rock Posters and Fashion of the 1960s reveals the passion and creativity of the era through the iconic rock posters of San Francisco and beyond. The Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco was an incubator for ideas, expression, social thought, and, above all, music. Young people from across the nation gathered there to explore alternative ways of living and to challenge contemporary paradigms. At the heart of it all was the psychedelic experience, or an altered state of consciousness.
To capture the heady experience of life and music at this time, poster artists invented a graphic language to communicate the excitement of rock concerts, which featured liquid light shows and film projections. They drew on disparate historical precedents such as Art Nouveau, Wild West posters, and Victorian engraving and combined them with vibrating color, inventive lettering, and witty and provocative design. The exhibition brings together more than 200 rock posters, including work by the “big five” designers of the day—Rick Griffin, Alton Kelley, Victor Moscoso, Stanley Mouse, and Wes Wilson—as well as other superb talents, such as Bonnie MacLean and Bob “Raphael” Schnepf.
Fashion both reflected and influenced the psychedelic look of the posters. The exhibition showcases approximately 20 eclectic vintage styles ranging from embroidered denim and hippy fringe to crochet and velvet.
Psychedelic Rock Posters and Fashion of the 1960s draws from the collection of the Portland Art Museum, most of which comes from a major donation from Gary Westford, who serves as a consultant on the project. Key loans round out the visual story of the psychedelic era.
The exhibition is curated by Mary Weaver Chapin, Ph.D., Curator of Prints and Drawings. Supported in part by Exhibition Series Sponsors.
Portland, OR
I was approached by this man who asked me for some money for bus fare. The story unfolded that he was King Coffey of the Butthole Surfers, he was separated from the rest of the band and needed to take the bus back over to the Aladdin Theater before showtime that night. He kept telling me I should check out the show and he was sitting in with the Psychedelic Furs. I am a little familiar with the Butthole Surfers, but not enough to know exactly what King Coffey looks like. I had my suspicions, but continued the conversation as if he was indeed the drummer. He had stories to share, enough for carrying on. After many invites, I told him I am not sure if $25-$30 for the ticket is in my budget and he responded there was no way their band was charging that for the show. That would be criminal, he said. Turns out the tickets were $35 that night.
Before parting ways, we happened upon this Impala, so seeing my camera, asked me to take a photo of him. 'Mr. Coffey' you look right at home with that car and I hope you made it to whatever commitment you had that evening.
If this is the real King Coffey, please let me know and I will get this photo to you.
Update: I found out from the REAL King Coffey Twitter page that he is aware of this guy and his impersonating. He seems amused by it. According to the twitter page, the same man has appeared in Venice, CA as well.
Camera: Nikon F
Film: Arista Premium 400
Lens: Nikkor-S 35mm
Do not use image without permission, Thanks.
This gorgeous Foucault pendulum is located in one of the foyers of the Portland Convention Center. The Foucault pendulum demonstrates the axial rotation of the Earth, because the pendulum makes a full rotation of the circle every 24 hours.
Where most Foucault pendulums knock over pegs to demonstrate that they have made the full circle, this one taps brass discs which raise the tapered brass rods (the ones disappearing into the upper right in this photo). The single brass tapered rod extending down from the upper left corner is one that has not yet been knocked over.
I love the fact that this is the only Foucault pendulum that I've ever seen which is mounted above the viewer's head, leading to this incredible photo with the foyer of the Convention Center reflected in the highly polished surface of the pendulum's sphere.
A wider shot of the entire ring of the pendulum can be found here.
One of TriMet's Gomaco-built replica heritage streetcars operating on the Portland Streetcar back in November, 2003. Two of these since-retired Gomaco "Council Crest" replica cars moved to St. Louis for a new trolley operation being built there. The other two went to the Willamette Shore Trolley operating out of Lake Oswego.
Portland, Oregon.
This charming and elegant courtyard and entryway are obscured by a tall fence that incorporates visual barriers that greatly obstruct the view from the sidewalk. I captured this image from between the bars.
For most of this apartment building's history there was no need to separate the courtyard from the sidewalk. Today it is essential to keep out the homeless, the addicted, the mentally ill and the criminal element.