Best Images of 2021
As we start 2022, let us take a moment to look back at some of the images from the past year.
- Published in Opinion
PHOTOS: Portland Business District Trash Clean-Up
Business groups rally behind effort to clean up the downtown.
- Published in Economy and Finance
Protesters Call For “Africa District” Business Hub
Portland’s Black Lives Matter demonstrators want to reclaim a cultural and economic area of their own.
- Published in Politics
PHOTOS: A Restaurant Owner Adapts to COVID-19
How a Portland restaurant owner revives dine-in service.
- Published in Restaurants and Retail
July/August Cover: A Photo Shoot From 300 Miles Away
OB photographer Jason Kaplan describes photographing the new virtual world of health care.
- Published in Opinion
PHOTOS: The Covid-19 Impact On St. Johns
OB photographer Jason Kaplan shows how the pandemic has affected life in his North Portland neighborhood.
- Published in Restaurants and Retail
PHOTOS: Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Center in Troutdale
Robots have transformed Amazon's fulfillment process, but workers are still critical.
- Published in Restaurants and Retail
Photo Essay: Inside an Automated Sawmill
Large sawmills are high-tech workplaces.
- Published in Manufacturing
Photo Essay: A "Low-Tech" Lumber Mill Survives Automation Trend
An inside look at a lumber mill that still uses mostly manual and skilled labor to process logs.
- Published in Manufacturing
Photo Essay: Teachers Protest Lack of Funding
Highlights from this week's rallies by teachers demanding more funding for education.
- Published in Education