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About What's happening. (Eugene, OR) 1982-1993 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1987)
? Vol. VI No. 46 5 Serving Eugene, Springfield & _ County Since 1982 Dec. 17-Jan. 6, 1988 MAGAZINE PAMPHL ( 3 DOES NOT C2ECK OUT A sal a ght the L DS 2 (iss 5 F Fe 0 ts EC 99 she ■ seaaanis s (eg. he s ■iB ‘Rths mib A f I * ■ SosbtocaasEmtmoanon, 4====-i frees Three Week Issue • Photographer Sergio Juan Ortiz • BOOKS for holiday giving & readi C • FILM: Sweet Lorraine 2 • Bringing Music to the Streets 6 • FINANCE: Keeping More... v • HEALTH: Pets help keep us health NEXT EDITION: January 7, 1988! O. 2 1 «os 7 The 1988 wall calendar Our Children: Focus of Hope contains photos by Eugene photographer Susan Sutton. The subjects have all lived in Eugene Emergency Housing, which the sale of the calendar benefits. CHILDREn’S PACES by Larry McKaughan “H ey. Look at me!” If you enjoy children, Eugene photographer Susan Sutton has a won derful set of shots for you. Like three children just moments away from mischief who pause to look at the camera (February). Or a 14-month old boy splashing in the sink. He breaks out laughing heartily and turns toward you with a smile from ear to ear (January). You can almost taste the strawberry as a nine year-old girl bites into a juicy one (June). Step inside and you will find a girl in frilly socks shar ing a quiet moment on the couch with her young brother (September). A favorite catches three sisters huddled by a table as evening darkens, candle light sparkling in their eyes (December). If you haven’t already guessed, the children’s photos are on a locally produced calendar. “I’m really in love with all these kids,” says Susan. Susan tempered the children’s inevitable desire to pose by suggesting things like, “All of you run down to the end of the court, then run back here,” or “Go sit down over there. I’ll take I your pictures.” The children in these shots are alive. Susan is a photographer for Eugene Emergen cy Housing. All the children are from families who spent some time in Brethren Housing or Family Shelter House this past year. These are families who find themselves in need of housing, usually for a relatively short period of time. Susan catches a tender embrace of a brother and a sister among spring leaves (May). “You see a lot of loving and caring between children here, looking out for siblings, taking care of each other,” Susan says. “If there are not a lot of material things they rely more on each other for entertainment, for nurturing. Their sense of wholeness comes from the unit, their family. They’re in it together.” Some shots are seasonal. The ghouls rush by, witching through October. July is caught in a child’s play with sparklers. For August three brothers are immersed in a water fight, and not just water balloons. “It was fun when things like that happened,” says Susan. “I would just go out not knowing what was going to happen, who was going to be there.” I I i An occasional picture reminds you of circum stances beyond the children’s immediate focus. March shows a man at the open door of his truck with his two sons and white dog in the foreground. “The difference between living in your car when you’re a kid and having people reach out to you, help you, give you a home, while your family is having a hard time must be huge,” says Susan. “Your whole sense of the universe would be different.” Or as a quote from Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the calendar puts it, “Friendship is a sheltering tree.” I love the lively girl for November. She was riding a tricycle when Susan came out. She took Susan on as a challenge, made Susan chase her around and around the grassy courtyard circle to get the shot. The calendars are available for $5 at Market place Bookstore and The Literary Lion. You can order a copy of the calendar directly from Eugene Emergency Housing, Inc., 969 Highway 99N, Eugene, Oregon 97403. Proceeds from the sale of the calendars will go for emergency hous ing needs in Lane County.
