Who Is Your Favorite Blazer?

Our favorite looks on the streets of Portland this week.

By Sam Gehrke

"3J. Christ Jesus, McCollum."

"Gotta go with Greg Oden. That's probably one not a lot of  people would think, but he's one of my faves."

"Oh jeez, I don't know any of the—" (friend speaking out of frame) "Just say Damian Lillard!"

"Wessy Wes!"

"I'm gonna say Brandon Roy."

"Arvydas Sabonis, even though the 'Vydas was kind of beat up and past his prime. It's hard to resist a 7'3" man with a dad-like hook shot."

"Oh, Arvydas Sabonis. I remember copying that hook shot of his as a kid and pretending to be him. Best hook shot ever."

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Sam Gehrke

Sam Gehrke

Sam Gehrke is a photographer born in Milwaukee, WI in 1990 and raised in Eugene, OR. He moved to Portland in 2016 to pursue photography, quitting his full time job and diving head first into an independent career. His work has since appeared in Vice Magazine, OPB, The Fader, Vortex Music Magazine and Premier Guitar Magazine.

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