Photography can now feel as ubiquitous as the sky above thanks to technology, or as mundane as a DMV headshot. But Blue Sky Gallery remembers the pre-iPhone world, exhibiting film and digital photography since it opened in 1975.

The Old Town gallery has kept excitement about photography’s creative possibilities alive as its commercial and purely documentarian uses threaten to steal its wonder. By choosing creatively daring artists, Blue Sky Gallery has set up provocateurs to elevate themselves into the medium’s esteemed vanguards. As its staff celebrates its first half-century, Blue Sky Gallery looks to its past to inspire the future of Portland’s photo community.

“Blue Sky has always been about community and risk-taking,” Kristin Solomon, the gallery’s executive director, said in a stat

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