Mt. Hood Cherry Trees - photogravure print - The Weekly Edition

Mt. Hood Cherry Trees - photogravure print - The Weekly EditionEach year folks like me who live in Portland OR look forward to the " Hood strawberries ". II tend to like rituals like this and I never get over how wonderful and different these little red strawberries taste, One year I drove up on the backside of Mt. Hood and made some pictures of the cherry orchards with my 8x10 camera. Drawn to the lines of trees swirling up the hillside this particular negative was my favorite from the day. This hand pulled

I've spent the last 30 winters in Portland Oregon wearing long underwear from October to March

wondering what it might have been like to walk the halls and live in the times

While traveling in the Dordogne region of France I visited this castle built in the 12 century by the Barons of Beynac

This portrait was made in 2004 and today

I know I would not have lasted long under those conditions

a master of style

I found these thistles along the road so I collected a few and photographed them later in my backyard studio

Four years ago I began making pictures that reflected my feeling about age

it is close to home and familiar

This hand-pulled polymer photogravure print by Ray Bidegain is in an edition of 14 numbered prints and 1 A/P print

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I thought I would read them along with her