Podcast: Photojournalist Geoffrey Hiller

If you’ve been on a bike in Portland in the past six years, there’s a good chance you’ve met or seen Geoffrey Hiller. He’s ridden 28,422 miles since the start of 2020 and been on nearly 500 local bike rides. Hiller didn’t begin cycling regularly until Covid, and what began as a simple escape during the lockdowns turned into something much larger when Hiller realized pedaling his bike brought him closer to the natural places around him, and further from a serious cancer diagnosis. As he met other riders and got more deeply enmeshed into the local bike scene, this globally-acclaimed photojournalist realized he was a part of something worth documenting. I’ve known Hiller for several years. We share an interest in photography and a deep, mutual appreciation of Portland bike culture. Now he’s putting together a book, Portland on Two Wheels, that he hopes to self-publish with funds raised via Kickstarter.

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