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PHOTOGRAPHS B Y PA TRICK C. JENSEN
These photographs show a just
slightly different view o f commonly
observed scenes familiar to most
Astohans I focused on the abstract
composition while retaining fine detail
paying attention to perspective,
form and visual movement in this two-
dimensional black & white medium.
There are no overtly political or cultural
statements in these photographs They
are an impression o f a given space and
light."
After years of working with other
.
people’s art and photographs as a
photoengraver and print designer, Pat
Jensen decided to take up the camera
himself. He is a native Astorian and
spent summers after high school
working on the Astoria-Megler ferries
while going to Oregon State University
and Portland State University. He
decided to live and work in Portland,
becoming a journeyman in the printing
trades. He returned to Astoria in 1973
with his wife Jan to have children and
continue their careers, his as a commer
cial printer, hers as a registered nurse.
He travels frequently through the
Columbia River Gorge to Pendleton,
where Jan's family lives, seeking photo
graphic opportunities along the way and
around eastern Oregon. Some of his
prints, including color photography of
flowers and plants may be seen at his
business, Anchor Graphics, on 30th
Street near the river-walk.
Anchor Graphics recently
published a book of portraits of
preserved plant specimens for the
Fort Clatsop Historical Association,
for which Pat did the photography and
layout.
The photographs on these pages
were taken with an Olympus E-20 digital
SLR, processed in Photoshop on a Mac,
and output on an Epson Stylus 400
printer.