Country Fair

A ‘special edition’ slideshow of Scott Blackman’s decades long chronicle of the Oregon Country Fair. The images are from a fair in the late 70’s that were then digitally enhanced by Scott to give artistic surrealism to an already surreal event. The slideshow was presented by Scott and Sandy at the Newport Performing Arts Center 25 years later. This updated, October 2020, version is set against original guitar music by Skip Trantow.
(Version 2.)

Scott and Sandy, co-authors of ‘The Country Fair: Oregon’s Alternative Celebration’ is the first photo book of the fair. It includes images by Scott Blackman, as well as, long time and well known fair photographers Paxton Hoag, Ann Goddard, Jeff Ouderkirk, and Brad Yazzolino. The images cover the fair from it’s first year in 1969 ending in 2017. The book was published in 2018 a couple of months before Scott Blackman died. The book was Scott’s “pet project” and photographing the fair was the highlight of his summer.

To purchase a copy, contact Sandy at oregonpaddleout@gmail.com.