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Sacramento. The photographs in this gallery are presented in the order in which they were taken; new images are added periodically. To view the gallery from most recent to least recent, use the left arrow or click on PREV.
Sacramento Street Art. Scattered throughout the streets of Sacramento are numerous murals, mosaics, and other forms of art, sometimes in clusters, as in Midtown, and sometimes as solitary bright spots in otherwise "normal" neighborhoods. Sometimes the artwork is incorporated into the facade of a bank or government building (e.g., the Joseph E. Rooney Police Facility on Franklin Blvd.), sometimes works are sponsored by a neighborhood association, and sometimes artwork is part of a shop's advertising -- or simply exuberant decoration.
My wife and I first discovered Sacramento's street art while wandering around Downtown and Midtown with our cameras. Later on, Internet searches pointed us to new locations and occasionally passers-by who saw us photographing artwork would steer us to other sites. As a project, it turned out to be never ending; new sites were always being discovered and old murals sometimes were repainted. It also turned out to be addictive; we finally had to discipline ourselves to drive by a previously-unphotographed mural without jamming on the brakes.
These photographs appear in the order in which they were taken. Maybe when the rains come, I’ll put them in some kind of geographical order and add a location map -- or maybe not …
Lodi. The photographs in this book are ordered (more or less) geographically, east to west and north to south – imagine driving into Lodi from the east on Victor Road and exploring along the way. Many of the photographs were taken in and around downtown Lodi; this older area of the city always has something to offer the photographer's eye.
Salt Point. 90 miles or so north of San Francisco, California's Coast Highway traverses Salt Point State Park. The area is named for the crack and crevices in the rocky coastline where ocean spray crystalizes into salt. The coastline here is spectacular. The rock formations largely are sandstone; over time, the battering of waves has created an amazing variety of rock formations, and the combination of wave action and salt weathering has resulted in honeycombed patterns on the rocks called tafoni. The initial land acquisition for the park took place in 1968 -- back in a time when California was opening parks, not shutting them down.
One day in 1969, while driving along Highway 1 north of Jenner, I noticed some small signs on an old fence which read "State Park Property". A bit further along I found an access road which was unblocked and went on in. The rocks, tidepools, and tafoni were a photographer's dream come true, and I returned many times over the years. For the first few years, the park was unknown and undeveloped, and had few visitors. It was a wonderful time.