MyMcKenzie: Creating a Portrait of the McKenzie River

Through photography and interpretation, as a group of Environmental Studies students in the Environmental Leadership Program, we created a portrait of the McKenzie River. As we have discovered the river and its people, we sought to reflect the river’s colors and motion, as well as the many relationships people have with this remarkable place. Our mission is to connect people to the McKenzie River, showing its beauty and how it influences people lives in numerous ways. We accomplished this by allowing people to follow our journey through our website, photo essays and photo exhibit to contemplate their own relationship to this majestic river. The themes represented in our poster and photographs include ‘Interaction’ showcasing the important roles this river plays in so many of our lives; ‘The Changing Colors’ devoted to all the colors of the McKenzie River that we experienced; and ‘Motion’ following the McKenzie River from the rapid falls of Sahalie to the steady waters of its confluence as it is in constant motion.