the Thomas Ager Portfolio

Out West

Thomas Ager at Moses Coulee, Washington, 2007

Thomas Ager at Moses Coulee, Washington, 2007

Shooting in a remote area of the shrub-steppe at dawn with my trusty 5x7 Canham (featuring a gorgeous 135mm Schneider lens). I loved that camera and used it till film became almost impossible to find. (Photo by Richard Bell)

Georgia McDade Poem for (E)scapes #2.jpg

Georgia McDade Poem for (E)scapes #2.jpg

Ranch, Okanogan Valley, WA (1980)

Ranch, Okanogan Valley, WA (1980)

Highway 97, on the way to Coulee Dam on a cross-state bike ride to Spokane.

Cigarettes Next Exit, Okanogan Valley, WA (1980)

Cigarettes Next Exit, Okanogan Valley, WA (1980)

Highway 97, on the way to Coulee Dam on a cross-state bike ride to Spokane.

The T on Silver Lake Road, Oak Harbor, WA (1980)

The T on Silver Lake Road, Oak Harbor, WA (1980)

Whidbey Island

Redskins, Oak Harbor, WA (1980)

Redskins, Oak Harbor, WA (1980)

4th of July Parade

4th of July Parade, Oak Harbor, WA, 1980

4th of July Parade, Oak Harbor, WA, 1980

4th of July Parade, Oak Harbor, WA, 1980

4th of July Parade, Oak Harbor, WA, 1980

4th of July Parade, Oak Harbor, WA, 1980

4th of July Parade, Oak Harbor, WA, 1980

Crockett Lake at Fort Casey, Whidbey Island, WA (1980)

Crockett Lake at Fort Casey, Whidbey Island, WA (1980)

Deer on Beach #1, Cho-On-ji (1980)

Deer on Beach #1, Cho-On-ji (1980)

Outside Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island, WA

Deer on Beach #2, Cho-On-ji (1980)

Deer on Beach #2, Cho-On-ji (1980)

Outside Oak Harbor, WA

Crockett Lake at Fort Casey #2, Whidbey Island, WA (1980)

Crockett Lake at Fort Casey #2, Whidbey Island, WA (1980)

Pig Farm in Early Morning Fog #1, Oak Harbor, WA (1980)

Pig Farm in Early Morning Fog #1, Oak Harbor, WA (1980)

Whidbey Island

Pig Farm in Early Morning Fog #2, Oak Harbor, WA (1980)

Pig Farm in Early Morning Fog #2, Oak Harbor, WA (1980)

Whidbey Island

New Life (Cho-On-ji, Whidbey Island, 1980)

New Life (Cho-On-ji, Whidbey Island, 1980)

Young Boy, Spokane, WA (1969)

Young Boy, Spokane, WA (1969)

Playground (Seattle, 1971)

Playground (Seattle, 1971)

Child in the Leaves (1971)

Child in the Leaves (1971)

Osaka, Japan (1970)

Osaka, Japan (1970)

Takabayashi Genki, Roshi (1984)

Takabayashi Genki, Roshi (1984)

Seattle, WA

Tokugan-ji, (1984)

Tokugan-ji, (1984)

In the hills above Cle Elum, WA

Kannon Tree, Tokugan-ji, (1984)

Kannon Tree, Tokugan-ji, (1984)

In the hills above Cle Elum, WA

Elluage Anthony, poet (Seattle, WA, 1971)

Elluage Anthony, poet (Seattle, WA, 1971)

aka: E.O. Anthony (and when we were friends in 1971 he was Tony Carson)

Tree on a Hill (Oak Harbor)

Tree on a Hill (Oak Harbor)

(Photo + Photogram, 1971)

Burdock, Published in Modern Photography magazine, 1967

Burdock, Published in Modern Photography magazine, 1967

My first published photograph when I was a 16-year old high school photographer at Lewis & Clark High School, Spokane, WA. I was paid $25 (a princely sum in those days!).

Thomas Ager at Moses Coulee, Washington, 2007

Georgia McDade Poem for (E)scapes #2.jpg

Ranch, Okanogan Valley, WA (1980)

Cigarettes Next Exit, Okanogan Valley, WA (1980)

The T on Silver Lake Road, Oak Harbor, WA (1980)

Redskins, Oak Harbor, WA (1980)

4th of July Parade, Oak Harbor, WA, 1980

4th of July Parade, Oak Harbor, WA, 1980

4th of July Parade, Oak Harbor, WA, 1980

Crockett Lake at Fort Casey, Whidbey Island, WA (1980)

Deer on Beach #1, Cho-On-ji (1980)

Crockett Lake at Fort Casey #2, Whidbey Island, WA (1980)

Pig Farm in Early Morning Fog #1, Oak Harbor, WA (1980)

Pig Farm in Early Morning Fog #2, Oak Harbor, WA (1980)

Playground (Seattle, 1971)

Child in the Leaves (1971)

Osaka, Japan (1970)

Takabayashi Genki, Roshi (1984)

Tokugan-ji, (1984)

Tree on a Hill (Oak Harbor)

Burdock, Published in Modern Photography magazine, 1967

These are photographs and darkroom images I created before and after moving to NYC in 1975. The majority are from my home-state of Washington…. Seattle, Whidbey Island and elsewhere.