TBT: California (The 2012 Bumper Edition)

San Francisco

Zen, bridges, pay your dues, art hustle.

City Hall, San Francisco
Little Saigon, San Francisco
City Lights Books
Japanese Tea Garden
Japanese Tea Garden
Japanese Tea Garden
Japanese Tea Garden
Japanese Tea Garden
Japanese Tea Garden
Japanese Tea Garden
Japanese Tea Garden
Japanese Tea Garden
Japanese Tea Garden
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Alcatraz Island
Mission Playground and Pool
Organic Soda
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Fountain, Marcel Duchamp (1917)
People Looking At Modern Art, Saaleha Idrees Bamjee (2012)
Love, Robert Indiana (1973)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Alcatraz
Alcatraz
The city view from Alcatraz
The city view from Alcatraz
Prison food
The watchtower

 

Yosemite

Chill, breathe deeper, take pictures for proof.

 

Along Highway 1

From Monterey to Morro Bay. I aint never seen no blue like this before.

Monterey
Along Highway 1
Along Highway 1
Along Highway 1
Along Highway 1
Along Highway 1
Along Highway 1
Along Highway 1
Along Highway 1
Along Highway One
Bixby Bridge
Along Highway One
Along Highway 1
Morro Bay
Bronzed memorial bench, Morro Bay
On the way to LA.

 

Los Angeles

Characters, dream chancers, sunset hopes.

Walt Disney Concert Hall
Beverly Hills Police Department
Venice Beach
This gentleman wanted his picture taken.
Muscle Beach
Muscle Beach
Muscle Beach
Malibu
Cityscape view from the Getty Center
Cityscape view from the Getty Center

 

San Diego

Naval gazing, sleepy mammals, parks and recreation.

USS Midway Museum, former aircraft carrier
USS Midway Museum, former aircraft carrier
USS Midway Museum, former aircraft carrier
USS Midway Museum, former aircraft carrier
USS Midway Museum, former aircraft carrier
USS Midway Museum, former aircraft carrier
USS Midway Museum, former aircraft carrier
USS Midway Museum, former aircraft carrier
Orange Tree by Guy & Ellen Mayenobe
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo
Balboa Park
Balboa Park
Balboa Park
Balboa Park
Dr Suess Christmas Tree, Balboa Park
Balboa Park

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saaleha

I am a writer and photographer (look up my work on www.shootcake.com) based in Johannesburg, South Africa. I have an MA in Creative Writing from the university currently known as Rhodes. My writing accolades include winning the 2014 Writivism Short Story Prize and the 2020 Ingrid Jonker Poetry Prize for my debut collection, Zikr.

3 thoughts on “TBT: California (The 2012 Bumper Edition)”

    1. The drive along Highway 1 was probably the most postcard-picturesque I’ve seen.
      I use a Canon 600D (though some of these may have been taken with a 1000D at the time). For this trip, I shot with these lenses; Canon 50mm 1.8, Sigma 17-70mm 2.8 and the Sigma 18-200mm.

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