Hector Lopez of Milwaukie, Returns From Detention Center Christmas Eve

These are a few of my pictures from Hector Lopez' arrival at PDX.
Lopez was brought to the United States by his parents when he was 6-weeks-old, and until August when he was deported, did not know of his illegal status. After being deported to Mexico, Lopez was targeted by locals who didn't like his American ways. He hardly speaks Spanish. Lopez came back to the United States in October 2010 to plea reasonable fear. He was held in a detention center in Arizona until late December, when he was allowed to fly home for Christmas. He is still under the watchful eye of ICE, and has many more court dates to attend before he knows what his future will be.

Jared Hacmac and Carl Meyer

These are couple senior portraits I made for my brother Jared and German exchange student/brother Carl. I shot them over the summer of 2010 in Milwaukie, Ore.

Duck Tales for Willamette Week

See the WW site for the original article and more pictures/multimedia: http://wweek.com/columns/coverstory

Taylor

Jesus Tecocoatzi

This portrait is a part of a project I am working on for Ethos Magazine (http://ethosmagonline.com/) on an open pit chrimite mine in the hills of Coos Bay, Oregon. Tecocoatzi regularly hunts for deer near where the mine will be build. He says he carries the shotgun for deer, and the pistol for protection from bear and cougar.

Townshend Tea Company for Willamette Week

Beautiful Child