(Just catching up on some old threads...) On 8/9/04 22:39, Tom C wrote:
> It was my first time to Mt. Hood. I didn't have enough time to research the > details, trails, etc. There's a renowned stock photo that was taken at Lost > Lake in winter that I have admired for over 20 years. I used to keep it at > my desk and escape for several minutes each afternoon. Quite therapeutic. Although many have photographed the mountain, the image you're referring to may be something by Ray Atkeson, a prolific and distinctive landscape photographer who captured Oregon on film from the late twenties through the eighties. I couldn't find a decent website commemorating his work, but some of his images are available here: <http://208.56.96.178/> and Powell's has a summary of his books here: <http://www.powells.com/search/DTSearch/search?author=Ray%20Atkeson> One interesting comment from him that I'll never forget came from an interview he did in the seventies. During the interview, he comments on how the air quality has really degraded and that there are only a few months out of the year that he can get good images of Mt. Hood. Now, some 30 years later, the situation is much worse. It is simply impossible to see the mountain from Portland without some trace of smog or haze. I'm sure he's spinning in his grave. t
