Colorful fabric art surrounds a visitor to the Salem Art Fair Friday, July 15 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Late afternoon sunlight glints off the glasses of a singer with the rock band” Heart By Heart” during a performance Friday, July 15 at the Salem Art Fair. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Costumed dancers perform during the Childen’s Educational Theater production at the Salem Art Fair on Friday, July 15 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
The audience applauds a performance of the the Children’s Educational Theater Friday, July 15 at the Salem Art Fair. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
The layout of the Salem Art Fair changed in 2022, with booths and the main stage are outside of the oak trees. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Stained glass glistens in the afternoon sun at the Salem Art Fair Friday, July 15 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Kristen Granger and Dan Wetzal of the Salem band “True North” perform on the main stage at the Salem Art Fair the evening of Friday, July 15. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
A visitor to the Salem Art Fair passes through tunnel of colored glass Friday, July 15 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
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Photographer Ron Cooper and his wife Penny moved to Salem in 1969 to take a job as photographer at the Oregon Statesman (later the Statesman Journal). Their three children, Monica, Kimberly, and Christopher, attended and graduated from Salem public schools. Cooper retired from the Statesman Journal in 2001 but, has continued his passion for photography in many ways, including as a photographer for the Salem Reporter.
