Bentari Photos
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Part of the Milky Way. From a study made during the years 1874, 1875 and 1876. Artist: E.L. Trouvelot. (Image free to use without restriction, in NYPL digital collections, https://
The Women's March in Portland, Oregon on Jan. 21, 2017. We marched in unity for women everywhere. We stood up to an authoritative regime that oppresses women and marginalizes many 
On a morning like no other, we were presented with our deep well of hope--our Daughter! I thank my wife! We praise our girl, in whom we share great pride.
A lynx springs from captivity back into the wild. Biologists studied lynx to determine how they were impacted after fires had drastically reduced habitat and dimished populations o
The lynx is sedated so Don & Kathe are safe. Scientific studies collect data to preserve the species. Though they wish animals can live on, free and untouched by human hands--who c
Mont Hawthorne (1865-1952): "He's always known that as long as he had his old Sharp's buffalo gun, plenty of powder, shot, primers, and a metal-turning lathe, he could get along fi
Martha Ferguson McKeown (1903-1974): She wrote books about her Uncle Mont and other pioneers. She was a 3rd generation Oregonian descended from covered wagon Pioneers. She was the 
In the 1959 film “Pork Chop Hill,” Gregory Peck plays Lt. Clemons; George Shibata plays Lt. Ohashi. Seen here, they plan how to lead men “over the top,” a tactic used tragically at
In “Pork Chop Hill,” Lt. Ohashi longs for the unattainable—home, peace, comfort. The vision is gone. He leads the charge “over the top” with set bayonets.
The Columbia River widens near the Bridge of the Gods and rolls toward Portland. The Vista House adorns Crown Point. Beacon Rock stands in the distance like a fort upriver. Once, t
Little Bighorn Cemetery overview by Durwood Brandon—“Only military cemetery in the world with tombstones placed to mark where each Soldier fell”
Iron sculpture by Native artist Colleen Cutschall honoring the Native Americans—at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. “nomads striving for an existence not burdened 
"Pastoral Scene" & excerpts from MEMORIAL DAY AT THE LITTLE BIGHORN by Casey Bush: “And it was then that I imagined… as this life is too short and precious / and there are more imp
Slave ship art found online at the New York Public Library site: Public Domain Collections: Free to Share & Reuse; author James Stetson Metcalfe (1858-1927)
Spotting a bird’s nest In the expecting garden The future happens