West Salem High School 2022 graduates celebrate during their ceremony on Thursday, June 9 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds pavilion. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
West Salem High School 2022 graduates celebrate during their ceremony on Thursday, June 9 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds pavilion. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
West Salem High School 2022 graduates line up ahead of their ceremony on Thursday, June 9 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds pavilion. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
West Salem High School 2022 graduates line up for their ceremony on Thursday, June 9 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds pavilion. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
West Salem High School 2022 graduates celebrate during their ceremony on Thursday, June 9 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds pavilion. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
West Salem High School 2022 graduates line up ahead of their ceremony on Thursday, June 9 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds pavilion. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
A 2022 West Salem High School graduate receives her diploma during the school’s graduation ceremony on Thursday, June 9.
West Salem High School 2022 graduates celebrate during their ceremony on Thursday, June 9 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds pavilion. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
Family and friends gather to celebrate the West Salem High School Class of 2022 at a graduation ceremony on Thursday, June 9 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
West Salem High School 2022 graduates celebrate during their ceremony on Thursday, June 9 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds pavilion. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
West Salem High School 2022 graduates celebrate during their ceremony on Thursday, June 9 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds pavilion. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter)
West Salem High School 2022 graduates celebrate during their ceremony on Thursday, June 9 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds pavilion. (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.
