Waterscapes
This developing series of photographs is an exploration of the San Francisco Bay shoreline and the relationship between history, humans, and these constantly evolving areas.
The Bay’s unique scenery is unmatched: the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco skyline, the way the sun sometimes hits the water just right to make it sparkle, not to mention a consistent West wind in the Spring and Summer months.
After repeatedly photographing the water and famous landmarks here in the Bay, I started to pay more attention to the other, maybe less scenic, yet still important parts of the Bay: the less glamorous bridges, the other cities and communities that have developed along the shoreline, the refineries, ferries, fishing boats, recreational sailors, kayakers and kite boarders, container ships, oil tankers, car carriers, tug boats, barges, an active quarry, a capped landfill and even prisons, one of them still active. I saw the past and present impact of the human footprint in every part of the Bay in every corner of my photographs.
I appreciate the beauty and magic of this landscape, realizing that it is still ever changing and may be further impacted by humans, their politics and need for water as a resource and means for commerce.