Sam's Snapshots

The Betwisted Texting Trio, SW Portland
Mikados Wait for Spring, International Rose Test Garden, SW Portland
2008 CCBA Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration, NE Portland
Old Guys Rule (from the riverbank)! Columbia Gorge
Metal Skin, North Portland
Foundation, North Portland
Ice Cream Voyeurs
Stuck on I-5, NE Portland
Farmers Market Bounty, North Portland
Let Peace Bloom, Portland Peace Garden, NE Portland
Brick Tower, Transit Mall Reconstruction Project, Downtown Portland
The Great Wall Along I-205, East Portland
Flag Football in Lents Park, East Portland
Polaris Dancers, SW Portland
Fishing at Kelly Point Park, North Portland
Three Women on Sidewalk Bench in Lents, SE Portland
Sidewalk Chess, NE Portland
The Green Door is Now Red, NW Portland
Quilt Raffle, St. Johns Parade Festival, North Portland
Feet to the Fire, Pacific City Beach, Oregon
Sacramento Elementary Safe Route to School Day -- NE Portland
Smoked Meat Counter Guy
A Study of Orange Crush
Gauge Guys, Tram Engine, SW Portland
Says Who!, SE Portland
A Local Superhero Staffs the Help Line, Outside In, SW Portland
Tear Image, SW Portland
Big Sale on Spiro Agnew Mask, Hollywood Costume, SE Portland
Artist Justin Harris, Portland
Polish Festival Dancer, North Portland
Chinatown Street Dedication Ceremony, NW Portland
Bertha, SW Portland
Transit Anticipation, North Portland
The Other Great Bridge Leon Moisseiff Designed, North Portland
More Numerous than the Blue Heron Cranes, NW Portland
Snowy Path, SE Portland
Painting the Barge Red, Zidell Marine, South Waterfront District
Cylinder Mosh Pit, NW Industrial District
Doctor's Office, Good Samaritan Hospital, NW Portland
"F" stands for? Fremont!, NE Portland
Never Say, "Dye," SW Portland
Collision art, River District, NW Portland
He's looking for that hare, North Portland
Wink
Gaggle of Luggage Carts Huddle Against the Rain, PDX
The All American Poll
I'm Too Old to Boogy
Mush Mouth, North Portland
Jug, NE Portland
Contemplation of Joseph, Downtown Portland
Fish in the Tree, Chinese Classical Garden, Downtown Portland
Portland's Project Runway, Fashion Week, Downtown Portland
Fall leaf palette, SE Portland
Tepee on the Sandy River, Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum Village
Salmon Festival, Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum Village, Oxbow Regional Park
Shadow Painter, NW Portland
Cool on the Keyboard, Vietnamese Fall Festival, SE Portland
Portland Polish Festival
Prayer and a Hope
Light Ballet, Portland International Airport
Help Wanted...
Marie
They Decend, Powell Station, BART
Are You Lookin at Me?, East Portland
It Seemed Like Her Hair Exploded in a Puff of Smoke, Alberta Street, NE Portland
Malcolm X Mural, NE Portland
Because Cows Need their Fiber too, Willamette Valley
Mommmmm, it's soooo coooold..., McCoy Park, North Portland
Dad's Welcoming Committee, First Troops Back From Iraq, NE Portland
Tree Framed in Red, the Buckman Neighborhood, SE Portland
Video Poker Faced, Southeast Portland
A Little Bit of the Neon Tropics on Interstate Avenue, North Portland
Follow These Feathers to Gateway Transit Center, NE Portland
Swing Time, U.S. Grant Park, SE Portland
Street Maintenance Hieroglyphics, Laurelhurst Neighborhood, SE Portland
Splat, Downtown Portland
Cardboard Purgatory, the Recycler’s Awaits, New Season’s, NE Portland
Sky Light, Old Town/Chinatown, NW Portland
He Served Us Well, Alberta Street Fair, NE Portland
Sellwood Old Church, SE Portland
Any More Room at the Inn?, Interstate Avenue, North Portland
Our Pole of Discontent, North Portland
Future University of Portland Women Soccer Pilots, Pioneer Courthouse Square
Luminous Face Resting, Lightrail
Paul Bunyon Stands Watch Over Kenton Neighborhood, North Portland
Finally Out-of-The-Garage Band, NE Portland
"Order Up"
One-Eyed Art, Pearl Neighborhood, NW Portland
Not a Comet but..., West Burnside
For a Brighter NO-EL, SE Portland
A Little-Noticed Flourish, SW Portland
Minute Man, Multnomah Village Parade, SW Portland
Sort Looks Like Big Marshmallows, Hebo Oregon
The Mother of Our Juneteenth, NE Portland
Industrial Strength Flowers, Central Eastside Portland
Would Rather Eat Worms Than Beg, SE Portland
That's a Reindeer?, Downtown Portland
The Pony Hotel, Portland Meadows, North Portland
Trying to Get His Motor Running, SE Portland
Rudimentary Moving Van, SE Portland
Hollywood Farmers Market Bounty, NE Portland
Holiday Pause, Downtown Portland
Haircrossed Lovers, Waterfront Park, Downtown Portland
Multi-Modal, Portland Harbor
Bike Meditation Center, SE Portland
Water Surprise, New Columbia Fountain, North Portland
When Shoes Scream, Pearl District, NW Portland
Two Wheels on NE 82nd, NE Portland
The Eastside is Not Featherweight, Gateway Transit Center, NE Portland
Taking the Soda for a Walk, Old Town/Chinatown, NW Portland
Strike Two, PGE Park, SW Portland
Stairway Conversation to "Heavan"
Some Assembly Required
Smashed and Bound for Better Days, New Seasons Market, NE Portland
My Favorite Rose, Union Station Garden, NW Portland
Presentation of the Flag, SW Portland
Power Lunch, SE Portland
Parkrose Car Cruise In, NE Portland
Painted Ladies on the Roof, NW Portland
Old Men of the Construction World, NW Industrial Area, NW Portland
Not Air But Craft on Burnside, West Burnside, Portland
Miss Washington, Darcell's, NW Portland
The Big Pipe, Under SW Portland
Mexican Folk Ballet, Woodstock Neighbrohood, SE Portland
Love Rains Down Downtown, NW Portland
Love Makes a Family of David and Joe, St. Andrew's, NE Portland
Love Dumpster, Central Eastside Industrial District, SE Portland
The Laying On of Hands, NE Portland
Ignoring the Signs Again, Joan Rides Out Ahead, 39th Ave., SE Portland
Just Coffee, Please
Hat and Classy, PGE Park, SW Portland
Curbside Beauty Parlor
A Ready Supply of Real Friendship Waiting on Hold
Siesta
Oil Solders, NE Portland
Pee Wee Football Practice, Kenton Park, North Portland
The Inspiring Spires of St. Johns Bridge, North Portland
Just Put Your Lips Together and Blow, Downtown Portland
Sugar with Your Transit Tea?, North Portland
Jazz Singer, Portland Jazz Festival, Southwest Portland
A Fish-Eyed View of Things, Downtown Portland
A Big Man, A Bigger Cause, Downtown Portland
A "Zebra" Seeks Shelter From the Rain, Downtown Portland
Tranquil Table, Columbia Square Parking Garage, Downtown Portland
When Smoke Gets in Our Eyes, Washougal, Washington
The Portland Sign, Downtown Portland
Tied Tubes, Lyon France
Bright Lines, Hollywood, NE Portland
Breakfast Club on Mississippi Avenue, North Portland
Cowgals on Promenade, NE Portland
Stainless Steel, SW Portland
The Two-Step With Two-and-a-Half Legs, Rossi Farms, NE Portland
Parkrose Fiddler - Rossi Farms, NE Portland
Inked In Memory of His Niece - NW Portland
Shadow and Trees - Hazelwood Neighborhood, NE Portland
Patched, Blue Overhead Doors, SE Portland
Cellphoned Female, Pearl District, NW Portland
Old PGE Substation Vaults, NE Portland
Speed Shopping at Interstate Fred Meyer, North Portland
Return to Sender, NE Portland
Grave Digger, SW Portland
Setting Sun Over West Hills
What's Behind This Green Door?, Pearl District
The Gaze, Lightrail
Folding for his Dinner, SE 28th and Burnside
Fresh Eggs, Foster Rd., East Portland
Four Eyes Just One-Foot Under Water, Jamison Square, NW Portland
Friends in Lents
When Fire Trucks Cry, Portland Community College, North Portland
Flag Day
Evan and Latte and St. Johns
Stumptown Stage
Local Fashion Show, NW Portland
Local Fashion Show, Too, NW Portland
Feel the Love in Southwest Portland
Green Shade Falls on Ducks, Laurelhurst Park Pond, SE Portland
Four People in Search of Different Things, NW Portland
End of the Road, Cannon Beach, Oregon
Masu Restaurant, SW Portland
Balloon Guy, East Portland
Door at the End of the Light
"Bianca"
Because Grandma Says So
Cully Historic Mural
Na-uh Dad!
Damn Paparazzi!
Chinese New Year Dragon Dance
It's a Circular Path to Parking Hell
Pipes and Cracked
Chairs Get Some Tables
Phopher
Burnside on West Willamette
Catching the Wave Under Burnside Bridge
Cathedral Park Gets Its Jazz On
Chainlink, Concrete and Sunlight
Burl Makes the Onion Rings each Morning
Whoosh: There Goes the Bride
They Used to Call us Skyscrapers
Listening to the Conversation of Grass
Bikewatcher
Blades
A Cool Blue Blur
Bathing Beauties
Rock: Batteries Included
Groomsmen Meet Bridesmaid
Bike Meditation Center
Changing Views
Avery Smiles
Baby Grabs
82nd Avenue Haircut
Air Museum
Alberta Fresh

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