Tag: urban
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Yellow Wall
I resemble this man and many of the other black men, standing outside of restaurants and stores in the Bay Area, who rely on acts of kindness from strangers to eat. He, and the other man on the other side of the drive-through, are silently hoping for Generosity to motivate someone to share. A man…
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Corrugated Pizza
Corrugated steel will always represent affordable shelter to me. It’s a material that I saw frequently used for the roofs and walls of modest rural homes of in Guyana. My mind traveled back in time, and thousands of miles away when I saw this piece of metal in downtown Oakland. Instead of a roof and…
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Trails
Light trail images are very easy to make so I make them frequently. I discard the vast majority of them, because unless I am in absolute control over the light, or my camera is stationary, images I like are rare. This one I kept because of the juxtaposition of the curved lines of the light…
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Hoza Pizza
Certain locations in downtown Oakland can trigger fond memories and one of those locations was Hoza Pizza. One night I ate one of the best slices of pizza I’ve ever had. It was topped with fresh plum tomatoes, garlic and the perfect amount of cheese. The music was perfect, the crowd was diverse and the…
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El Cerrito View
I’m up on one of the numerous hills in El Cerrito, CA, on a sunny, and foggy morning. Even though I’ve driven down this hill countless times, I’m never tired of the view, especially when there’s fog to light the air.
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Six Drops
As peaceful and settled, as these six water drops appear to be, I can’t help imagining tension when I look at this image. My mind keeps asking when will they drop.
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Shoe & Perfume, February 28, 2023
A child’s shoe sits atop a discarded perfume bottle on the street.
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Oakland Spring, February 25, 2023
“Oakland Spring” A tree blossoms in front of a graffiti covered wall in Oakland, CA. I felt compelled to take a picture of this juxtaposition of nature and graffiti. It was jarring but still very compelling to look at.
