Taylor Balkom

@taybalkom

Photojournalist at The Columbian in Vancouver (WA). Baton Rouge born, Portland (OR) based. Please send crawfish.

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Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· 6d

horrible AI banner ad of a dog next to rotisserie chickens and the text "what chicken does to dogs"

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· 9d

we’re so back

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· 15d

a depressed Virginia fan is draped over the top of a wall

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· 15d

New AI nightmare food unlocked at the Fire/Storm game

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· 20d

self care

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· 23d

New Worst Court of All Time just dropped

a horrific Chase bank sponsored court for the golden state Valkyries. It’s blue, for God’s sake, which arent even their colors.

a horrific Chase bank sponsored court for the golden state Valkyries. It’s blue, for God’s sake, which arent even their colors. This slide has some corporate branding jargon on it

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Jun 26

folks....they've still fucking got it

screenshot of the album cover of Muse's latest album, "The Wow! Signal"

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Jun 22

Mountain big

Mount rainier as seen from an airplane. Biggest goddamn mountain I swear

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Jun 21

Heard you work here

A photo of the Tongass Company sign but you can’t see TONG so it just says Ass Company

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Jun 1

Honored one of my all-time favorite photos taken just last year got recognized by SPJ!

Screenshot of SPJ 2nd place award for sports photography

Union junior Brooklynn Haywood celebrates a made three Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, during the Titans’ 71-69 loss to Camas at Camas High School.

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· May 16

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· May 10

HALFTIME: #Portland trails #Chicago 50-37 in the reborn franchise's inaugural game at Moda Center.

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· May 10

🐅🐅🐅

Portland Fire assistant and former LSU legend Sylvia Fowles before the Fire's inaugural game

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· May 3

regardless Katie and MJ were fantastic

A marquee saying Waxahatchee and MJ (Lenderman) May 2

Dark stage full of lamps with Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman performing

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Apr 29

Portland! Come thru

a pink background and a selfie of Taylor Balkom (me!) as part of a promotion for an event. Text reads: PDX Photo Night Speaker: Taylor Balkom. The Sports Bra, May 6, 6:30 p.m.

Taylor Balkom is a staff photographer at The Columbian in Vancouver, Washington. Originally from Louisiana, he is a lifelong sports fan and has been a working photojournalist since 2012. Since moving to Portland in 2018, he has captured the thrills of victory and agony of defeat in all levels of athletic events. Taylor has freelanced for outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The Oregonian, Anchorage Daily News, Scorebook Live, NCAA Photos and others. His work has been recognized by the NPPA, Society of Professional Journalists, Alaska Press Club and the Associated Press Media Editors. He lives with his fiancée near Mount Tabor Park.

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Apr 22

$10.26 (+fees) in honor of Brian Kelly’s ass getting fired on 10/26/25. I don’t watch the news so no idea who the new coach is

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Apr 19

Pokopia screenshot, paras’ diminutive ass is asking if he’s taller than charizard

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Apr 10

If the mariners get shut out again the curse is real

Ichiro pointing at a statue of himself with a broken bat

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Apr 7

("sandwich man")

a screenshot from the wikipedia page for "sandwich board" showing a photo of a man wearing a red sandwich board with text underneath that says "sandwich man"

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Mar 29

Father & son

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Mar 29

Some personal news:

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Mar 27

everything old is new again. even price points

kaz hirai 599 us dollars meme but he's holding the PS5 this time

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Mar 21

This is the closest we’ve been in years but the foam doesn’t do it for me. I need a normal front

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Mar 21

Men only want one thing and it’s disgusting (this but a trucker hat with PURPLE mesh)

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Mar 8

How is this a real high school stadium lol (Stadium HS in Tacoma, WA)

Stadium Bowl in Tacoma, Washington. The field overlooks Commencement Bay. Partly cloudy day.

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Feb 23

FINALLY, DAY 16 😭 🥇 #1 AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson #2 Elsa/Getty Images #3 Elsa/Getty Images

China’s Eileen Gu holds her gold medal alongside her two silver medals after the women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe final at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. ()

MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 22: Players of Team United States celebrate a 2-1 victory against Canada in overtime for the gold medal during the Men's Gold Medal match between Canada and the United States on day 16 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena on February 22, 2026 in Milan, Italy. ()

Jack Hughes, missing a tooth, smiles and raises his first while an American flag is draped over his shoulders.

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Feb 23

DAY 15 2/21 #1 REUTERS/Claudia Greco #2 AP Photo/Ashley Landis #3 AP Photo/Gregory Bull #4 AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

Ilia Malinin of United States performs during the Figure Skating Exhibition Gala.

Olivia Smart and Tim Dieck of Spain perform during the figure skating exhibition at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. ()

Workers watch as United States’ Kaila Kuhn (5-1) practices before the freestyle skiing mixed team aerials final at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. ()

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, of Norway, approaches the finish line to win the gold medal in the cross country skiing men’s 50km mass start Classic at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. ()

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Feb 23

I WAS BUSY THIS WEEKEND SO I COULDN'T DO MY SILLY POSTS SO HERE WE GO DAY 14 2/20 #1 REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes #2 REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini #3 AP Photo/David J. Phillip #4 AP Photo/Abbie Parr

Gold medallist Alex Ferreira of United States celebrates on the podium after winning the Men's Freeski Halfpipe Final.

Carole Howald of Switzerland and Alina Paetz of Switzerland celebrate after winning the Women's Curling Semi-final match against United States.

Johannes Dale-Skjevdal, of Norway, crosses the finish line to win gold in the men’s 15-kilometer mass start biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. ()

Ukraine’s Maksym Kuznietsov crashes during the men’s freestyle skiing aerials qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Feb 23

Sailor moon meme
Top panel: “my job here is done”
Second panel “but you didn’t do anything”
Third panel: “masked man leaving”

Taylor Balkom@taybalkom· Feb 20

DAY 13 🥇 2/19 🥇 #1 Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images #2 Bruce Bennett/Getty Images #3 AP Photo/Christophe Ena #4 AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough