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Ken Hochfeld ©2023
Hochfeld "Beacon Rock" (Infrared)
Hochfeld "Coyote Wall" (Infrared)
Hochfeld "Columbia River Gorge, Washington"
Hochfeld "Historic Columbia River Highway From Rowena Crest, Oregon" (Infrared)
Hochfeld "Bonneville Dam" (Infrared)
Hochfeld "Union Pacific Railroad at Cigar Rock and Pillars of Hercules,
Columbia River Gorge, Oregon" 2023
The tall basalt pillar and its larger sister, now hidden in the trees, are referred to as the Needles, Pillars of Hercules, Needle Rocks, and Speelyei's Children (the Native American coyote god). In an early photograph by Carleton Watkins (1884-1885) the tracks run between the two pillars, south of this large pillar. The tracks were moved north around 1913. The pillar in the foreground is Cigar Rock.
Hochfeld "The Historic Columbia River Highway at Rowena Crest" 2022
Conceived, designed, engineered, and built by Samuel Hill, Samuel C. Lancaster and John A. Eliot between 1913 and 1922, the graceful highway's sole purpose was to provide scenic views for automobile drivers.
Hochfeld "Cape Horn After Carleton Watkins,
Lily White, and Arthur H. Marshall" 2022
Carleton Watkins used a large format camera presumably from the deck of a boat for his similar but famous 1887 photograph. I accessed a gravel beach by a kayak across from the Oregon side.
The Gorge Beckons: Change & Continuity
Friderike Heuer
Ken Hochfeld