PetaPixel Photographer Retraces Oregon’s Brutal Trail of Tears With Wet-Plate Camera


A sepia-toned triptych: a winding dirt road through a forest, a wooden cross grave marker, and an overturned car beside a trailer in a wooded area, evoking a somber, vintage atmosphere.

By any measure, photographer Nolan Streitberger has built a practice that bridges art, history, and the profoundly personal. His work, particularly his acclaimed project Oregon’s Trail of Tears, transforms beautiful photography into both historical document and dialogue, a means of reclaiming memory and giving voice to stories long overlooked. But Streitberger's photographic journey began almost by accident.

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