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Point Lobos Morning |
To
say that California is a trove of topographic diversity puts it mildly. With Mediterranean, Alpine, and
three desert ecosystems to mention just a few the Golden State has about every kind of terrain you
could want. In the course of three trips
there since November I’ve spent five weeks seeing just a fraction of its
bounty and reckon I'll be back for more. So much state and so little time.
Within this wide array reside two iconic photographic
locations, Point Lobos on the Central Coast and Zabriskie Point in Death
Valley. Both have lured generations of
photographers most notably Edward Weston at Point Lobos just a football throw
away from his house on Wildcat Hill.
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Zabriskie Point |
Here are three images from a week ago, one from Point Lobos, one from
Zabriskie Point and one from the oak flecked hills above Carmel Valley. The soft shouldered meadows of California’s
Central Valley represent the Golden State like nothing else to me. They may lack the drama of the shore and
desert but they color my first childhood memories in Salinas and San
Leandro.
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Oaks and Meadow, Coastal Range |
Remember to click on the images to see them full size. The tall state needs a big screen.