Riley Nakamura
Photographer · Portland, OR
I photograph landscapes and working life in the Pacific Northwest.
I work mainly in long-form series — returning to the same places across seasons and years rather than chasing single images. Most of my projects are shot within a few hours of home.
Alongside the series work, I write occasional field notes on technique and printing, and I teach a small darkroom workshop a few times a year.
Selected projects
All projects →- Fog Lines 2026
An ongoing series on coastal fog along the Oregon coast — the same twelve headlands photographed across every season since 2024.
- Night Shift 2025
Environmental portraits of people who work while the city sleeps: bakers, transit crews, harbor pilots, and ER staff, photographed on location between midnight and 5 a.m.
- A Hundred Footbridges 2024
A survey of pedestrian bridges across the Pacific Northwest, from park boardwalks to disused rail crossings, shot in large format black and white.