a place · a work · an art · a field of studyTumblr (3.0; @portlandography)http://www.portlandography.com/<iframe width="400" height="243" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UgSlp4yckvg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.streetbooks.org">Street Books</a>. <span>a bicycle-powered mobile library for people living outside</span></p> <p><span>· Check out the Reading Local Portland <a target="_blank" href="http://portland.readinglocal.com/2011/08/interview-street-books-librarian-laura-moulton/">interview</a> with street librarian Laura Moulton</span></p> <p>· Willamette Week’s <a target="_blank" href="http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-27478-video_portlands_street_library.html">blog posting</a> about our film</p> <p>· The Christian Science Monitor <a target="_blank" href="http://csmonitor.tumblr.com/post/8737172776/the-change-agent-blog-is-about-the-doers-of-good">blogging about</a> Street Books</p> <p>· Coverage in The <a target="_blank" href="http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2011/08/15/street-books-documentary">Portland Mercury</a></p> <p>· Article in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/891610-264/portlands_street_librarian_brings_books.html.csp">LibraryJournal.com</a></p>http://www.portlandography.com/post/8464823025http://www.portlandography.com/post/8464823025Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:41:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lolow6nioN1r059hho1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>bridge city · 2011</p>http://www.portlandography.com/post/7817642281http://www.portlandography.com/post/7817642281Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:55:00 -0700<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/l1sDgeCRdRQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>People Can’t Wait is “A charming film about an unusual subject: the need for public toilets.” – Kenneth Turan,<em>L.A. Times</em> film critic.</p> <p>Winner of a <a href="http://tellyawards.com/">2010 Telly Award</a> and a Judge’s Award at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nwfilm.org/festivals/nwfvf/awards">36th Northwest Film and Video Festival</a>.</p> <p>“The strongest <strong>films</strong> of any length in this year’s festival both undermine the putative glamour of life on the Portland streets, a myth almost as old as the city’s filmmaking culture. Portland director Travis Shields profiles Randy Leonard’s 24-hour loos with <em>People Can’t Wait</em>; his comprehensive interviews (which include Victoria Taft again making an ass of herself) are distinguished by a chat with toilet cleaner Rodney Haven, who summarizes his assignment to “make sure everything’s sanitized properly, each and every day”—then glances away, lost in existential reflection.” – <a target="_blank" href="http://wweek.com/editorial/3552/13310/">Willamette Week film review</a>.</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://commissionerleonard.typepad.com/commissioner_randy_leonar/2009/04/the-portland-loo.html">Portland City Hall</a> giving our film some love.<br/><a target="_blank" href="http://www.portlandonline.com/water/index.cfm?c=48561">Portland Loo</a> website.<br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/portlandloo">Loo</a> Facebook.<br/><a target="_blank" href="http://phlush.org/?p=1709">PHLUSH</a> blog.<br/><a target="_blank" href="http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-9963-loo_view.html">Willamette Week</a> coverage.</p> <p><img height="155" width="529" src="http://www.shieldsfilms.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/festival_wreaths.png" align="middle"/></p>http://www.portlandography.com/post/7817541197http://www.portlandography.com/post/7817541197Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:52:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lolomefqpf1r059hho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>near N. Denver Street · 2011</p>http://www.portlandography.com/post/7817422401http://www.portlandography.com/post/7817422401Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:49:26 -0700<iframe width="400" height="243" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jHP0GdwyzQk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>Rewriting Life Stories is my Telly Award winning short documentary about Portland Oregon’s <a target="_blank" href="http://www.portlandoic.org/rahs/">Rosemary Anderson High School</a>. RAH has a successful history of reconnecting students who have lost interest in school by addressing the academic, social, and work readiness skills necessary to make a positive transition into adulthood. </span></p>http://www.portlandography.com/post/7816962639http://www.portlandography.com/post/7816962639Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:37:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loldu58qAK1r059hho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Old Town Chinatown · 2010</p>http://www.portlandography.com/post/7808937758http://www.portlandography.com/post/7808937758Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:56:28 -0700<iframe width="400" height="243" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/n-NUdbsL2n4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Spotlighting the freegan movement in Portland Oregon, Meet the Freegans aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s series <a href="http://www.opb.org/oregonlens/">Oregon Lens</a> and has screened locally at Portland’s Hollywood Theater, at the <a href="http://www.dokufest.com/2008/?cid=2,10,143&cat=19">2008 Dokufest</a> in Kosovo, <a href="http://hotdocsaudience.bside.com/2008/films/internationaldocumentarychallengescreening_hotdocs2008">2008 Hot Docs</a> in Toronto, and at the <a href="http://bigsky.bside.com/2009/films/meetthefreegans_bigsky2009">2009 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival</a>. Judge’s Award Winner at the <a href="http://www.nwfilm.org/screenings/22/209/">36th Northwest Film and Video Festival</a> and winner of a 2009 <a href="http://www.tellyawards.com/">Telly Award</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/07/meet_the_freegans_dumpster_div.html">Meet the Freegans</a> “Dumpster diving for the socially conscious. Who knew?” – Kenneth Turan, L.A. Times film critic.</p> <p><img align="middle" src="http://www.shieldsfilms.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/festival_wreaths2.png" width="529" height="155"/></p>http://www.portlandography.com/post/7807621757http://www.portlandography.com/post/7807621757Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:18:00 -0700<p>·ography is an English suffix. Words that include the suffix usually are about a work, an art, or a field of study.</p> <p>We all know Portland is the best place on earth. My goal as a filmmaker is to find the small and intriguing stories from our city and present them to you here in an entertaining way. Hope you enjoy. -<a target="_blank" href="http://www.shieldsfilms.com">Travis Shields</a></p>http://www.portlandography.com/post/7807380385http://www.portlandography.com/post/7807380385Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:11:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lolaw6qUQS1r059hho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>off SE Division · 2011</p>http://www.portlandography.com/post/7806771817http://www.portlandography.com/post/7806771817Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:52:00 -0700