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    • Endless Pressure, Endlessly Applied
    • LICHEN SONGS >
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    • BEAVER'S FIRE
    • KEEPING THE SWARM
    • FRED HILL—A PHOTOGRAPHER'S LIFE
    • SOLDIER TO ADVOCATE
    • DARKROOM SOLDIER
    • POETRY IN MOTION
    • WEST OF PARADISE
    • ZOO POEMS
    • OREGON LITERATURE SERIES
    • CHINESE COUPLETS
    • MARKING THE MAGIC CIRCLE
    • OFF THE MAIN ROAD
    • SUNDAY AFTERNOON
  • REVIEWS
    • Lichen Songs REVIEWS
    • Beaver's Fire REVIEWS
    • Keeping the Swarm REVIEWS
    • Soldier to Advocate REVIEWS
    • Darkroom Soldier REVIEWS
    • West of Paradise REVIEWS
    • Marking the Magic Circle REVIEWS
    • Off the Main Road REVIEWS
    • Sunday Afternoon REVIEWS
  • EXCERPTS
    • West of Paradise EXCERPTS
    • Marking the Magic Circle EXCERPTS
    • Off the Main Road EXCERPTS
    • Sunday Afternoon EXCERPTS
  • INTERVIEWS
    • 2021—FILM
    • 2016
    • 2006
    • 2000
    • 1999
    • 1997
    • 1996
    • 1994
    • 1978
    • 1971
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$40.00 (+ $5 s/h)

Limited Edition (2013)
11" x 8.5"
90 pages

Published by Photosmith Books
La Grande, Oregon

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FRED HILL:
A Photographer's Life

Limited edition festschrift portfolio by student of Ansel Adams and Minor White.

Edited and introduced by George Venn. Published by Photosmith Books, La Grande, OR, 2013. (90 pages, award-winning color cover, 71 b/ w photos, 21 original texts, artist notes, bibliography.) This is a rare, limited edited edition festschrift portfolio and companion volume to DARKROOM SOLDIER (2007). $40 plus S/ H.

Fred Hill Photograph Collection (online)
World War II and Union County (Oreg.) Photography

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: George Venn, Writer, Eastern Oregon University     1
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I. ON HIS LIFE AND TIMES     3
  • Welcome: Eric Valentine, Senior Judge, State of Oregon     4
  • Rev. Wayne Pickens, First Baptist Church, La Grande     5
  • George Venn, Writer, Eastern Oregon University     6
  • Dixie Lund, President (emeritus), Eastern Oregon University     8
  • Lynn Hill     9
  • Ed Hill     10
  • Stan Hill     11
  • Jean Hill McGrogan     11
  • Vivian Hill Matthews     11
  • Wayne Hill     12
  • Fred Parish, S/Sgt Medics, U.S. Air Force     13
  • Mike Allegre, Office of Veterans Affairs, Salem     14

II. HE SPEAKS HIS OWN PIECE Extempore     17
  • Oregon Boy (1920 – 1942)     18
  • Pacific Theater Service (1943 – 1945)     31
  • Lucky California Years (1946 – 1987)     39
  • Grande Ronde Homecoming (1988 – Present)     58

III. ON HIS CRAFT AND ART     69
  • Introduction: Eric Valentine, Senior Judge, State of Oregon     70
  • Minnie Tucker, Season’s Faire, La Grande     71
  • Cory Peeke, Director, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University     72
  • Karen Clay, Director, Pierce Library, Eastern Oregon University     72
  • Carolyn Young, Union County Museum, Union     73
  • Steve Antell, Photographer, La Grande     74
  • Jeff Gunderson, Librarian, San Francisco Art Institute     75
  • Jan Boles, Photographer and Archivist, The College of Idaho     75
  • Dr. Mary Ruwell, Phd, Archivist and Chief, Special Collections,
    ​Air Force Academy     76
  • Dr. John Page, Physician, Grande Ronde Hospital     76
  • Closing: Eric Valentine, Senior Judge, State of Oregon     77

IV. FURTHER READING AND ARTIST’S NOTES     79
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