The Watchman and the Storm T-Shirt

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November 8th 2022. Sunset over the Pacific, and the L.A. County lifeguard prepares to shutter his post. The first real rain this fall approaches as the blue sky gives way to the golden hour and the approaching storm. Royal Palms beach, San Pedro, CA.
sold 11-25-22

As a kid I was fascinated with photographs. Look, Life magazine. National Geographic. That well-captured interplay of light and shadow...the notion of people, places and moments - all suspended in time. My first "real" camera was a Minolta Srt101. I was seduced. As a teenager, I learned how to develop film while working at Wyle Laboratories in El Segundo, and I still recall the smell of the developer...my eyes adjusting to the red filter light...and the sheer magic and delight of watching images begin to emerge. Life, family and a career as a teacher and psychologist intervened, not to mention a few more film cameras. Eventually, there was digital. Hah! Liberation! Photography is the creative medium that allows me to share...