Photographer Eric Fischer has assembled maps of over a hundred world cities, including Portland, Oregon, showing locations geotagged by locals and tourists on Flickr and Picasa.

The Mt. Hood Community College Integrated Media Portfolio Show, See Me | See My Work, celebrating the 2010 program graduates, takes place this Wednesday, June 9th at Nemo (1875 SE Belmont), from 5pm to 8:30pm.

If you’re interested in Portland’s history, and fond of vintage photos, the blogs Cafe Unknown and Lost Oregon are probably already familiar to you. You’ve probably also perused the fantastic archive of post cards and ephemera at PdxHistory.com. But you may not yet be aware of another photo-rich Portland history blog, the nascent Vintage Portland: Exploring Portland’s Past.

Portland Fire Department firefighters intentionally burnt down a house today in North Portland as part of a training exercise.

The photo above is a view north up Broadway from the brand new (in 1923) Sovereign Hotel, in which, coincidentally, I used to live. Check out the whole set: Historic Portland Via LostOregon‘s twitter feed.

Portland has experienced foggy mornings the past few weeks. Fog in the Portland area is not extraordinary, but it has been unusually dense and persistent; it was even dense enough Sunday morning to screw up air travel. Photographers enjoy the fog a lot more than airline pilots. I’ve noticed, in particular, that local bloggers with [...]

Portland Ground is a good place to start, but the 2nd bloggiest city in the country also hosts many other fine photo blogs (phlogs?). I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorites below, with brief descriptions. Blue Ruin A Portland photo blog. Sly slices and bits of buildings with prominent sky. Portland grays and [...]