Get dirty with pictures of the cyclocross bicycle racing world as it plays out in the Portland, Oregon, area - the center of America's cross scene.

PDXCROSS photo cooperative were down in the dirt, mud and blood with more than 1,000 riders for the 2008 season.

Dirty Pictures is a selection of 160 gritty, poetic, outrageous black and white photographs of a sport and a community you’ve probably not seen and will be glad you did.