Feb 5, 2025 - Things to Do
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There are some items in our lives that are so important — so dear to our hearts — that we carry them with us everywhere. That is the subject of a new exhibition inside the Central Library's Collins Gallery, focused on Portland's unhoused community.
Zoom in: Photographer Jim Lommasson's latest project "What I Carry" puts the personal objects that are cherished by some of the most vulnerable Portlanders on display and "aims to remind us of our shared humanity."
- Images of keys, compasses, jewelry, skateboards, guitars and more are memorialized by corresponding handwritten notes from the carrier, detailing how it has shaped their lives on the streets.
- A photo of a brown, suede cowboy hat served as "an umbrella, shade tree, pillow and wind block" for one. A Magellan Outdoors lantern reminds another "to be a light to others."
If you go: On display at Multnomah County Central Library (801 SW 10th Avenue) on the third floor Collins Gallery until March 15.