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2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 13: B&W – STREET

2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 13: B&W – STREET

La Señora

I approached this woman, who was not homeless, but spends the bulk of her days sitting in front of this market selling a few different prepackaged produce items from her Igloo. I asked her if she would allow me to take her photograph. She was shy about it, clearly. It wasn’t as much pride as she wasn’t sure why I’d want her photo. I explained that I’m wandering around downtown Santa…

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2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 9: B&W – ENTROPY

2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE, WEEK 9: B&W – ENTROPY

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The Santa Maria Valley is scattered with little adobe buildings like this one. Most are falling apart, but have a little protective fencing to keep people back. Thus far, I’ve read of shallow efforts to try to save these little buildings. From What I can tell, they housed tenemant farmers over 100 years ago.

I’d like to learn more about them. This one is…

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2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE WEEK 7: PORTRAITS – YOUR LOVE

2016 PHOTOCHALLENGE WEEK 7: PORTRAITS – YOUR LOVE

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I love my family so much. I’m saving a shot of my wife for another future portrait, so I considered one of the kids.

This is my oldest son, Thomas. He turned 14 yesterday! I love having teenagers. Thomas is growing into a wise young man whom I hear often trying to gently correct his younger brothers, often without success as you might guess. I can feel…

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