South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
South Salem High School turned its football field into a ceremonial grounds for graduation on Friday, June 11. The school allowed four guests per graduate, breaking the Class of 2021 into three groups for separate ceremonies. (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.
