Celebrating 100 Years of Oregon State Parks—Interview on KATU 2 ABC
Back in 1922, Oregon dedicated its first State Park. That number has now grown to 254. To commemorate 100 years of Oregon State Parks, The Oregon Historical Society commissioned photographer Peter Marbach to document as many as he could. Peter joined KATU 2 ABC to share a little about his travels across Oregon photographing what makes each place unique, along with some of the challenges he faced.
Healing the Big River: Salmon Dreams and the Columbia River Treaty—KATU TV Interview
For more than ten millennia, the Columbia River has been the most important and intensively used part of Oregon’s natural landscape. Perhaps nobody has devoted more time to capturing the astounding beauty of that river than photographer Peter Marbach. He joined us to share his latest book--Healing the Big River: Salmon Dreams and the Columbia River Treaty--which combines Peter’s imagery with compelling essays from individuals concerned about the river’s future to provide a unique window into this critical moment in the history of the Columbia.
Photographer Finds Healing in Wilderness: OPB Television Interview
In 2001, Peter Marbach hiked off Mount Hood and felt his heart do something odd. “There was no pain,” he says. “It just felt like it rolled over on its side.”
This billy goat of a man who’d climbed mountains all over the world still felt fine.
Yet, he paid attention to that bobble in his chest. His doctor in Hood River did tests and within days he found himself having an angiogram in Portland. 30 minutes later doctors came in and suggested he have open-heart surgery.