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Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, September 2016. Two of the flowers in the back are grumpy. Nature doesn’t like sad flowers. Advertisements

Flower Tops

11 February 2018
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The Salesforce Tower (formerly the Transbay Tower) looms like a 1,070-foot pickle over San Francisco’s financial district. London did it bigger and better, so eh. Still, on the top (61st) floor, you likely get a lovely view of SF’s 41 hills. That’s 6 hills for…

The Pickle in the Background

10 October 2017
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San Francisco, California, September 2017

The Peek

10 October 2017
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Transamerica Pyramid in Silhouette, San Francisco, California, September 2017. It’s no longer the tallest or most impressive building in SF’s financial district–that title probably goes to the Salesforce (Pickle) Tower that looms much larger, but it is still a unique bit of architecture.

Transamerica Pyramid

10 October 2017
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Close-up of a Native American dancer, Los Angeles, California, April 1987

Close-up of Native American Dancer

25 January 2017
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Untitled, Manhattan Beach, California, 1987

Manhattan Beach, 1987

16 December 2016

A dancer performs in Los Angeles, California, April 1987

Fancy Dancer

8 July 2016

  A mother carries her daughter on the beach, La Jolla, California, 1987

Mother Carries Daughter

8 July 2016

Southern California, July 1987

California Tanning, 1987

3 September 2015
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  I don’t remember the beach, and I can only guess why that blouse buttons in the back. Southern California, 1987.

California, 1987

16 January 2015
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La Jolla, California, ca. 1988

Mother, hat, ball, kite in La Jolla

18 October 2014

An impromptu gathering of fans of old cars, Los Angeles, California, 1987.

Old Cars in Los Angeles, 1987

18 October 2014
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Kisses, La Jolla, California, 1989

13 September 2014
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Same group as in the previous shot, taken in downtown Los Angeles, April 1987.

LA Schoolgirls, 1987

13 July 2014

A group of Los Angeles, California school children flock around their teacher in downtown LA, 1987.

LA School Trip, 1987

13 July 2014

This might be Malibu, or it could be one of any number of beaches I hit during this trip. I do know it’s California, and I’m pretty sure she’s not still waiting there. The image has lost a lot of its lustre over time, but…

Overhead Casting, 1987

13 July 2014

Solo Girl, La Jolla, CA, 1987

13 July 2014

I have always preferred photographs of nothing to photos of somethings. Somethings almost always have dozens of similar shots. I’d rather remember the moments that no one noticed — here, a folding chair, likely rubbish now, waits for the lovely woman who sat there sunning…

La Jolla, California, 1987

23 May 2014

An optimist is someone who carries a small bucket and shovel into the desert in case it eventually turns into a beach.

Optimist, Venice Beach, 1987

23 May 2014

Manhattan Beach    

Southern California, 1987

16 May 2014
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