On the Cover Horizon Dancer (Mary Harris, Umatilla Tribe)

by Edward Heath — Photographer

Iwas born in Madras in 1974 and grew up in Warm Springs. Spent my pre-teen and teen years living mostly with my uncle Delvis Heath in the rural area of Simnasho. Passing time consisted of helping various families round up horses and cattle, helping my uncle dry land farm, and training and exercising racehorses.

Went to school in Warm Springs through grade five and from there transferred to Madras to finish my remaining years where I graduated in ‘92.

After graduation I was hired as a forest technician for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs where to this day, I work in the engineering department. Other duties consisted of being a wildland firefighter until recently retiring from those duties in 2022.

I currently reside on a small cattle ranch outside of Warm Springs with my wife Heather, where we have raised three children. One daughter Krysten is a now a teacher at the Warm Springs K-8, a son Dylan, who is attending Lane Community College where he has recently reached All American status for the track team, and another son Hayden who will be in the ‘23 graduating class of Madras High School and has performed in various theatrical plays and sports for the white buffaloes.

I have been doing photography since around 2015 where on I whim I decided to buy a camera and start taking photos. My inspiration for photography and art has come from my mom Catherine, whom I watched photograph rodeos most of my life.

I think my favorite things to photograph are high school sports, but I don’t specialize in any particular photo subjects — just random things I think are cool.