The Narrative Image

A sign (or portent) of things to come? My uncle Rico, brother Kip and I escaped from work early on a Friday and headed south as far as Eugene . Turning east, we made it as far as Oakridge before we found it necessary to stop for beer. The Union Brewery features beer, of course, but also a menu uniquely accented with Spam entrees. Curiously, there is a chart over the men’s urinal that details the thermodynamic conductivity of several types of wire…and Spam (surprisingly, Spam holds up pretty well). Uncle Rico Deb : Okay, turn you head on more of a slant...   Deb : Now, make a fist. Slowly ease it up underneath your chin.   Deb : This is looking really good.   Kip : You can say that again.   Deb : Kay, hold still right there. Now, just imagine you're weightless, in the middle of the ocean, surrounded by tiny little seahorses.   Deb : [ takes the picture ] That was the one. I think that's gonna come out really nice.   Uncle Rico : Ah,

Previously, I presented the two images that were not accepted into the August photography exhibition at the Columbia Art Gallery ( http://www.columbiaarts.org/art-gallery.html ). Now that the ‘Celebrate the Gorge’ exhibit is over, I think it’s safe to post the three images that were ‘invited’ to the show.   Sunrise on Miller Island   A New Way to ‘Take’   Looking East It was my friend Bernadette who encouraged me to enter the show after she saw the ‘Looking East’ photo in my blog post, Cape Horn : What’s In a Name? http://thenarrativeimage.blogspot.com/2010/05/cape-horn-whats-in-name.html The water-level shot pointed up the gorge from the vicinity of the Cape Horn formations seemed to strike a resonant chord within her, perhaps because she also is an enthusiastic kayaker. In any case, she insisted I enter – that picture in particular – and though I wasn’t quite sure how one would go about preparing digital files for a gallery exhibition, I fig