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Category Archives: historic eureka
TWO WINDOWS AND A DOOR
I am having a challenging time sorting out in my head which version of this image works the best. It is interesting how much a small cropping can affect the mood of an image. Is the bottom rendering the strongest … Continue reading
LET’S KEEP YOUR EYES MOVING
Perhaps it is just me, but I cannot easily find a place to rest my eyes in this image. They finally settle on the greenish horizontal strip near the center. Perhaps that is all right. I am open to comments. … Continue reading
ARTS ALIVE THIS SATURDAY
Here is a sample of my images that are part of the exhibit at the F Street Foto Gallery (upstairs at Swanlund’s Photography in Eureka). Most of my images are scanned negatives and color slides from the nineteen eighties and … Continue reading
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD TRAIN AT DEL NORTE STREET
There were a couple of tracks at Del Norte Street (the dock is behind me and to the right). I assume that this was an inbound freight. The railroad was still active in the nineteen-eighties as the timber industry was … Continue reading
Posted in color photography, eureka, film photography, fine art photography, historic eureka, historic railroad, history of humboldt county, humboldt bay, locomotive, northwestern pacific railroad, nwp, pacific coast, pacific ocean, railroad, railroads, southern pacific, sp, train, trains, Uncategorized
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HUMBOLDT BAY IN THE NINETEEN EIGHTIES
This image is a scanned 35mm color slide from about nineteen-eighty. I used to ride my bicycle to the Del Norte dock to watch and photograph the harbor activity. I took this photograph from the bluff above Broadway. The … Continue reading
Posted in color photography, fine art photography, historic eureka, historic humboldt, historic railroad, history of humboldt county, humboldt bay, northwestern pacific railroad, nwp, pacific coast, pacific ocean, pulp mill, railroad, railroads, simpson pulp mill, southern pacific, trains, Uncategorized
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HUMBOLDT BAY SHIPPING
I am compiling more of my legacy images for consideration for an exhibit.
HERE IS THE CHURCH, HERE IS THE STEEPLE…
FORMER FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, EUREKA, CALIFORNIA This image got an award at the New Year’s show at the Redwood Art Association in Eureka.
VINTAGE TOMMY PHOTOS
Near the Del Norte Street Pier, Humboldt Bay 1982
INTERACTIONS, My Relationship With the Buildings of Humboldt County
The exhibition runs from Saturday, July 2, 2016 through Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Piante 620 Second Street, Eureka, CA. The opening reception is Saturday, July 2, 2016 from 6pm to 9pm. Normal gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from … Continue reading
Posted in abandoned buildings, alleys, alternative view, arcata, arcata history, arcata plaza, architecture, building, buildings, churches, color photography, eureka, eureka gallery, fine art photography, historic building, historic eureka, historic humboldt, history of humboldt county, humboldt county, street photography, Uncategorized
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GOING TO CHURCH
The empty shell of a former church in Eureka – today with the Sony RX100-4
