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MIXED MEDIUM
SEPTEMBER 29�OCTOBER 6, 2021
THE ARTS AROUND
EASTERN OREGON
Through the eyes of wildland firefighters
Photograph exhibit
provides rare views
Go! staff
P
ENDLETON — The mem-
bers of the Grande Ronde
Rappellers get dropped into
some of the most remote and
beautiful areas of the Northwest
and beyond, and in October
their unique viewpoint will be
on exhibit in the East Oregonian
Gallery at the Pendleton Center
for the Arts.
The exhibit, “Initial Attack:
Photographs by Wildland
Firefi ghters,” opens Thursday,
Oct. 7, with a Zoom reception
with the photographers, and the
show will be available for viewing
in the gallery through Oct. 31. To
receive a link to the Oct. 7 Zoom
session, sign up at www.pendle-
tonarts.org or email a request to
director4@pendletonarts.org.
All activities are free and open
to the public, thanks to the sup-
port of Hines Meat Co.
The Grande Ronde Rap-
pellers is a 40-person crew of
highly trained aerially delivered
fi refi ghters sponsored by the
U.S. Forest Service’s Wallowa-
Whitman National Forest and
based in La Grande. Members
are trained at the National Rap-
pel Academy, a performance-
based program that demands a
high level of physical and mental
toughness of candidates.
These men and women see
landscapes that are often inac-
cessible, providing them with
views rarely experienced. The
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Gabby Casper/Contributed photo
A new exhibit titled “Initial Attack: Photographs by Wildland Firefi ghters” opens Thursday, Oct. 7, at Pendleton Center
for the Arts. The photographs will be on display through Oct. 31.
26 large-scale photographs
featured in the exhibit were
captured by Tully Bloom, Gabby
Casper, Guy Hakanson, Micah
Olivera, Jordin Schramm and
Adam Wunsch.
Roberta Lavadour, execu-
tive director of the Pendleton
Center for the Arts, said most of
the fi refi ghters wouldn’t identify
themselves as artists, and the
images benefi t from a lack of
self-consciousness.
“When someone is taking
a photograph simply because
they’re struck by the beauty of
what they see, it really translates
to the viewer,” she said. “We’re
happy to also be able to use this
opportunity to celebrate the
amazing work that initial attack
crews do.”
The exhibit will also be avail-
able online beginning Oct. 1 so
that those attending the virtual
reception may view the photo-
graphs before the event.
Learn more at www.pend-
letonarts.org or call 541-310-
7413.
Gabby Casper/Contributed photo
“Initial Attack: Photographs by Wildland Firefi ghters” can be viewed at the
Pendleton Center for the Arts and also at www.pendletonarts.org.