Hop on for a ride to the 1970’s and 1900’s, from the forests of Felton, down to the Boardwalk. Oakland, Calif. PM 28 SEP 1970 Santa Cruz, Calif. SEP 2 3:30 PM 1909
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Trips to Santa Cruz, 1937 and 1938
I get worried I’ll drop my phone if I try and record on the Dipper, and this person brought along their film camera for the ride! From the California Pioneers of Santa Clara County: A Mattos family trip to Santa Cruz along Highway 17 in 1937 transitions into another visit to Santa Cruz in ’38. […]
Chasing Around Santa Cruz in 1930
This Santa Cruz Post Card was sent from San Francisco to Vermont 86 years ago this month. It looks like Jessie had a great time, but would have had an even better time if her friend had joined her to “chase around” on her tour of the west coast!SAN FRANCISCO CALIF NOV 12 930 PM […]
Main Beach Cam
Santa Cruz Beach Camera – Volleyball Courts This nest feed is sponsored by Sawasadee, across from the main beach volleyball courts. Occasionally, when I am inside working of across town in the Aptos fog I like to check out the local beach cams. Particularly if there is a great looking sunset happening and I don’t […]
#localsc
Happy Monday, everyone! Thank you to @amy_choice from instagram for this rad shot of last Friday’s free band on the beach! There are three more cost-free performances coming up, which you can check out here (and later on our events calendar!). Make sure to keep using #localsc for a chance for your photo to be displayed on our […]
Pinhole Scenes
This week, I experimented with the “pinhole camera” setting with my photos as I walked around town. This effect results in the vignette framing as seen here, which enticed me to photograph full scenes of Santa Cruz. I travel on foot in order to find the most intentional, original spaces; this technique has shown to […]
Local Comparisons
The Local Comparisons series is a mixed media project featuring two months worth of various pressed flowers picked from Santa Cruz sidewalks, paired with buildings and homes that are near them. This photo series explores exterior combinations which are already related to each other, and uses separate perspectives of time and space in order to recombine the images into even more branches […]
