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A troupe of clowns make their way through downtown Portland during the 2022 Portland Rose Festival Starlight Parade. The Rose Festival happily welcomed back their parades after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A marmot takes in an expansive evening view of Boston Basin on a late summer afternoon in North Cascades National Park. Pamplin Media Group photographer Jonathan House spends a lot of time climbing mountains as part of his job and because of his quest for adventure.
Liberty Wind Ensemble conductor Kevin Soon puts on a rain poncho during Liberty High School’s graduation. House and Valdez do a great job covering high school graduations.
Bethany and Theo Bruer eye a cloud of artificial snow during the West Linn Holiday Parade. It was great to see many Portland-area events return in all their glory.
Crowds check out the art installations at the Portland Winter Light Festival. The festival returns Feb. 3-11, 2023 in downtown Portland.
Jackie Brooks of Oregon City leads Xena through simple training techniques as part of the Teens and Oregon Mustangs program. Many people take on training the wild horses and, later, have the option to adopt them.
Prep sports continued to entertain in 2022. Here, referees talk at the 50-yard-line as the sun sets before a game between Kennedy and Scio at Kennedy High School.
Jason Reynolds, who is houseless, said his dog, Bubba, has been a lifesaver for him. Such relationships are common among people as they cope with being houseless.
Susan Kirschner, the former owner of The Animal Eye Doctor in Beaverton, visits with Stella, a Papillon dog who sees her annually to get an examination.
Pamplin Media Group photographer Jaime Valdez (front) went along for a ride in a glider with Warren Dalby, a pilot with Willamette Valley Soaring Club. Anybody can sign up to take flight at the club in North Plains.
Performers with Cirque du Soleil do their trapeze act as part of the famous troupe’s “Alegria” performance under the big top at Expo Center. Cirque returns to Portland with “Corteo,” March 9-12, 2023.
Artist Mike Bennett has made quite a reputation with his colorful plywood cartoon cutouts put in Portland neighborhoods. He opened a space called Wonderwood: The Scourge of Castle Maplehold in St. John’s in 2022.
Miss Oregon Sophia Takla visits with a youngster Avery Horneck and his parents as part of her work with Sparrow Clubs USA. From Portland and a Jesuit High School graduate, Takla placed in the top 10 at Miss America.
It’s the end of another year, and today we're celebrating the work of photographers Jonathan House and Jaime Valdez, who do an excellent job shooting photographs all across the Portland-metro area.
Above are a collection of their best photos of the year which ran in our Lifestyles section.
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