Photographers
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Isabelle Winardi
Isabelle Winardi has a BS in Chemistry and a PhD in Materials Science & Engineering, both from UCLA. During her time in school, she was the graphic designer for UCLA's Photography Club, and she also held a graphic design internship with UCLA Engineering. She loves taking photos of cars, architecture, and all of the beautiful plants, animals, landscapes, signs, and roadside attractions that can only be found in the desert. Isabelle has been featured in exhibitions and magazines such as LoosenArt, F-Stop, Al-Tiba9, Fisheye, Treat Gallery, ARTventure, VoyageLA, CanvasRebel, Bold Journey, and ArtlyMix, and shoots with a DJI Mini 2, Minolta X-700, and Nikon D3200. In her free time, she enjoys crocheting amigurumi, collecting plants, taking care of her two bearded dragons, going to Dodgers games, and exploring new places with her fiancé. -
Eliana Mendez
Eliana (they/them) is the Creative Director at Human Centric Media, helping clients turn their values into authentic visual narratives that build trust and engage audiences. Raised in Queens, they now reside in beautiful Portland, Oregon. Eliana has a background in journalism and lust for life, bringing a deeply relational approach to their work.
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Matt Haupt
For Matt (he/him), what started as a hobby to escape boredom transferred to a passion in reviving the beauty of film photography in the digital age. The use of antiquated cameras, chemical processes and scanning all by hand are the reasons he calls it his own; and he'd love to share them with you. Cameras used include the Mamiya RB67 in medium format and Canon F-1 in 35mm.
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Sai Stone
Born and raised amidst the diverse landscapes of Portland, Oregon, Sai (he/him) has witnessed the multifaceted beauty and raw realities of his beloved hometown. Through his lens, he aspires to offer a glimpse into the world as he perceives it, inviting viewers to join him on a visual exploration.
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Scott Fullerton
Scott (he/him) is a freelance photographer who works primarily with film. He has a background studying theatre arts, and spent his childhood across Colorado, Minnesota, Australia and Oregon. Having spent 17 years working in kitchens across Portland, Scott approaches photography with a deep love for humanity and all the parts of the city where service industry folks work and play. When he’s not shooting portraits, shows or long exposures of mass transit, he can be found wandering the city with a film camera, compulsively pushing way past the box speed.
Poets
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Jill Short
Jill (she/her) is a wee poet in whimsical Ashland, Oregon, where her surroundings inspire the occasional musing. Her time there has encouraged her artistic side to come out of hiding. Now that it's out in the open, it has found a certain stride. Please enjoy accordingly.
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Kayla Kennett
Kayla (she/her) is a poet and public communicator driven by a desire to share perspectives, stories, and facts that are often suppressed in mainstream culture and media. Her voice was heavily shaped by her experience as a rural-to-urban transplant, and a sense of awe at the diversity and richness of cities still echoes through her work. Her poetry often explores the emotional texture of place, the quiet politics of daily life, and the space between memory and forgetting. She lives and walks in Southeast Portland, Oregon.
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Joon Chattigré
Joon (he/him) is a lapsed poet, a former copywriter, a cat dad and an abstract expressionist.
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Marco Wright
Marco (he/him) is a multidisciplinary artist that weaves stories through words, form, and imagination, fusing his sharp design sensibility with a storyteller’s heart. While forging his own unique creative journey, you can find Marco working professionally as a brand/marketing designer & occasionally releasing bits of creative epherma.
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Cody Ross Romero
Cody (he/him) is a poet from northern New Mexico living in the Pacific Northwest. He earned an MFA in poetry at Sarah Lawrence College in 2018.