Carol M. Highsmith

This is oregon's longest covered bridge at 180 ft (55 m), and is one of only two in the state using triple howe truss construction

Carol Highsmith has donated her life's photography work of tens of thousands of images to the Library of Congress during her decades-long career.  The photography collection at the Library is the most historic photographic collection on earth and includes the work of Dorothea Lange and Frances Benjamin Johnston.  Highsmith has been doing a visual study of America for 40 years and travels the United States for about 10 months a year.

Oregon

Latourell Falls along the Columbia River Gorge in Multnomah County, Oregon

Vista House, Corbett, Oregon

View of the Columbia River Gorge from Chanticleer Point by Corbett, Oregon

View of the Columbia River Gorge from Chanticleer Point near Corbett, Oregon

Union Station, Portland, Oregon

The Chinatown Gateway, Portland, Oregon

Neon sign at Kelly's Olympian bar, Portland, Oregon

The Flatiron Building, Portland, Oregon

The Stag sign, Portland, Oregon

Llamas, their keepers, and children walk in the Fred Meyer Junior Parade, Portland, Oregon

A man with two parrots entertains in the Fred Meyer Junior Parade, Portland, Oregon

Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

A small fogbank hovers over the rocky northern Oregon coast, Ecola State Park, Oregon

Coves at Hug Point State Recreation Site, Cannon Beach, Oregon

Small waterfall at Hug Point State Recreation Site, Cannon Beach, Oregon

A view of Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon

A view of Haystack Rock on the beach, Cannon Beach, Oregon

Tidal rock columns known as "sea stacks," off Cannon Beach, Oregon

Lifeguard tower on the beach Seaside, Oregon

The 125-foot-tall Astoria Column, Astoria, Oregon

Man dressed as clown on bicycle, in Rhododendron Floral Parade, Florence, Oregon

One of many characters at  Rhododendron Floral Parade, Florence, Oregon

Leo Friedlander's 1934 high relief carving depicting Lewis and Clark, Salem, Oregon

A barn nearing collapse in McMinnville, Oregon

Gate to an old country cemetery near Grass Valley, Oregon

Grain elevator in the town of Grass Valley, Oregon

Schoolhouse in Shaniko, Oregon

Old truck in Shaniko, Oregon

Valley in Culver, Oregon

Grizzly bears at the Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon

Barn and reflection near the town of Sisters, Oregon

North American bison, known as buffaloes, at the Wildlife Safari in Winston, near Medford, Oregon

The 1896 Coquille River Light, Bandon, Oregon

Remains of the Mary D. Hume coastal freighter decay in the harbor of Gold Beach, Oregon

Manmade creatures welcome visitors to the Prehistoric Gardens in Port Orford, Oregon

Wooden sculpture on the waterfront in Bandon, Oregon

A 12-foot-high statue of Hebe, Roseburg, Oregon

Peach crates await the fruit from adjacent peach trees in Phoenix, Oregon

Neon sign with inlay on the J-Ville Hotel in Jacksonville, Oregon

Center of the road of a forest, Oregon

Crystal-clear Crater Lake in Klamath County, Oregon

Crystal-clear snowy Crater Lake in Klamath County, Oregon

A newell post carved by Works Progress Administration, Mount Hood, Oregon

The Pittock Mansion, Portland, Oregon

Portland Union Station, Portland, Oregon

Two peaks at Hat Rock, Hermiston, Oregon

Wagons Ho! Statue, Pendleton, Oregon

State Capital, Salem, Oregon

'The Covered Wagon' sculpture in Salem, Oregon

The Office Bridge (also called Westfir Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Westfir, Oregon