B & W Salton Sea Dream Skate Pool Photo Print 12 x 16" and Larger Image Size:16 x 20 California area

California area

I drove by this diagonal shadow in Del Mar under the freeway everyday on my way from the Del Mar Skate Ranch to The Pannikin to get coffee and always wanted to integrate skateboarding into the light play somehow

This was way before digital photography and Photoshop

signed by me in Micron pen in the lower right (in the white border)

The Nude Bowl has been skated for well over 30 years and I shot a couple of great sessions there including this one in 1987

B & W Salton Sea Dream Skate Pool Photo Print 12 x 16" and Larger Image Size:16 x 20 California areaThis is a photo of the Salton Sea Pool back in its prime in the 1980s. This is the perfect skateboarding pool. In this photo that I shot it is unmarked and there is not one bit of graffiti on its walls. Years later is was pretty beat up and was bulldozed a few years ago sad to see her go. Full disclosure: This was originally shot in color with Fuji Velvia color slide film and I converted it to black and white in Photoshop. If you are interested, I