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Francisca, a subject for the Urban Weeds blog. - Photo: Lisa Warninger

Urban Weeds is a collaboration between photographer Lisa Warninger and stylist Rebecca Westby. Urban Weeds was created when Chelsea Fuss saw a need for a street style blog documenting the people and style of Portland. She teamed up with Lisa and together they founded Urban Weeds. Lisa is a professional photographer and she loved the idea of doing a daily portrait. Together they started Urban Weeds and began bringing people street style from Portland. When Chelsea's blogging took her elsewhere, Rebecca seemed a natural fit to take her place at Urban Weeds. Now, Lisa and Rebecca are at the helm and are continuing to grow and evolve as Urban Weeds.

PDXme: What is the purpose/inspiration behind Urban Weeds?

Urban Weed's bring Portland street style to people around the world. This amazing city is full of interesting, unique, and stylish people and the blog was created to give these people of Portland a platform. We want to capture a bit of the essence of Portland to share with people in the city and around the world.

PDXme: What is the reaction when you ask people for their picture on the street?

People are usually excited and happy to share a few moments of their time with us. We love the collaborative nature of Urban Weeds and the random, lucky direction if often takes us. We love meeting so many wonderful people and talking to them for a few minutes about what inspires and delights them. Plus, who doesn't like being told they look great?!

PDXme: What has been the most enjoyable part of working on Urban Weeds?

Getting to know the people of Portland. We get to meet so many different people everyday, and it is always fun and interesting to meet new people and run into folks we have already photographed!

PDXme: What is next for Urban Weeds?

Urban Weeds is currently in the midst of launching it's sister site, The Sunroom. The Sunroom is a place for all things fashion, style, and Portland. It is a collaboration between Lisa and Rebecca and is the place where they share their photo shoots, introduce sponsors, and post about Portland's fashion community and events.