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| Point Lobos #1 |
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| Point Lobos #2 |
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Point Lobos wasn’t my first stop on my recent California Coast photo safari. That honor belongs to Cayucos and Morro Bay. But since I photographed Point Lobos with my friend Rupert Chambers it gets top billing. Rupert lived in Taos with his wife Suzanne till the high altitude took its toll, moved to San Diego’s North County before a seller’s market drove them to the outskirts of Orange County and finally to Carmel. As he tells it every passing day the price of a habitable abode went up $100,000. It was insane. I told Rupert that Carmel, Monterey and Pacific Grove are the sources of my first memories of place and terrain. It was at the end of World War Two. I was in kindergarten and living with my mother in Salinas. Later in the Sixties Carmel was the place of Peggy’s and my dreams. So, the pull of Carmel and the Central Coast is longstanding and strong.
Rupert Chambers, a Leica man through and through, at Point Lobos.
Rupert proudly boasts that it’s 10 minutes from their home
in Del Mesa Carmel to Edward Weston’s beloved Point Lobos. It’s no wonder that
he posts an image from Point Lobos or elsewhere on the Coast to Instagram every
single day nor is it a surprise that his images are stunning and infused with
his love for the enchanting place. Rupert Chambers is a happy man.
He shared Point Lobos with me one marvelous September day.
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Your photographic sojourn to the California coast has been like a gentle wave rolling over my feet. Loved the first and third photographs from Point Lobos, as well as the history of your love for the area. How wonderful that Rupert Chambers shared it with you on a September day! Thank you for sharing it with us.
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