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Emigrant Highways - San Joaquin Valley, California
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Route 66 - Barstow to Amboy, California - 2009
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In early spring, 2007, I conducted a photography tour along the routes used by various people to reach the San Joaquin Valley of California, from Okies and Texans in the 1930s to the influx of Latinos in the latter half of the 20th Century.


The San Joaquin Valley, which is the southern two thirds of the Great Central Valley of California, is perhaps the richest agricultural valley in the world. It lies between the Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains to the east, and the Coast Range Mountains to the west.


We found a diverse range of subjects, from people to wildflowers, from animals to architecture, including the few building still standing at the Sunset Labor Camp, the place made famous in the John Steinbeck novel, Grapes of Wrath. Our explorations to us to the Central Valley towns of Bakersfield, Arvin, and Weedpatch, and into the Tehachapi Mountains, and along a variety of old highways and back roads.

Sunset Labor Camp
Cracked Window, Sunset Labor Camp
View at the Sunset Labor Camp
Cobwebs at the Sunset Labor Camp, Weedpatch, California
Summer Wear
Sheep is Shorn
Shearing Sheep
Waiting their Turn
Sheep Shearing Encampment
Martin Etchamendy, Basque Sheep Rancher
Cowboy near Lamont, California
Albertos Horse
The Good Life
A cowboy, his horse, and a Corona! Photographed on a relaxing Sunday northeast of Bakersfield, California.
Child and her Mother Near Keene
Lupine along Highway 223
Poppy with Honey Bee
Poppies Near Arvin, California
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Southern Pacific Rattlesnake
For those who've asked, below, how I managed to come so close to my subject with a camera, indeed, I was bitten and as a result I did die.
Chuckwalla
Turtle with Young Friend
Happy Bobcat, California Living Museum
This bobcat, one of two in captivity at the zoo, was behind a wire screen. I was able to render that wire invisible by leaning close to it with a long lens - 400mm - while using the largest f/stop possible - f/5.6.
Black Bear with Lunch, California Living Museum
Black Bear at the California Living Museum, near Bakersfield
Our Hosts at the Best Western
We stayed at the pleasant Best Western Motel, very near downtown Bakersfield. The innkeepers are from India.
Renovation in Arvin, California
chickens.jpg
Caesar Chavez Memorial
Caesar Chavez Gravesite
Abstract Patterns on a Disc Machine
New Grapes
The Tehachapi Loop
Locomotive on the Tehachapi Loop
Tracks, Tehachapi Loop
Tehachapi Loop
Hello, Dolly! Actress Leslie Lane
Waitresses on Break, Basque Restaurant, Bakersfield
Zooming in on the Wool Growers Restaurant, Bakersfield
During a 1 second exposure, I zoomed out on the camera lens (shrinking the image) on the neon sign over the what is probably the best Basque restaurant in Bakersfield. The effect makes it appear the sign is moving toward the viewer.
Neon Reflected in an Irrigation Canal, Bakersfield
Street Reflection
Alley Cat Bar
Straws Inside the Nile Theater
Half Full or Half Empty?
Fox Theater, Bakersfield
Mural Reflection, Bakersfied
Get Your Tat!
Fox Theater, Bakersfield
Fox Theater in Reflection, Bakersfield
Sunset Labor Camp

Sunset Labor Camp  271 views

Cracked Window, Sunset Labor Camp

Cracked Window, Sunset Labor Camp  262 views

View at the Sunset Labor Camp

View at the Sunset Labor Camp  264 views

Cobwebs at the Sunset Labor Camp, Weedpatch, California

Cobwebs at the Sunset Labor Camp, Weedpatch, California  265 views

Summer Wear

Summer Wear  263 views

Sheep is Shorn

Sheep is Shorn  269 views

Shearing Sheep

Shearing Sheep  264 views

Waiting their Turn

Waiting their Turn  264 views

Sheep Shearing Encampment

Sheep Shearing Encampment  263 views

Martin Etchamendy, Basque Sheep Rancher

Martin Etchamendy, Basque Sheep Rancher  413 views

Cowboy near Lamont, California

Cowboy near Lamont, California  284 views

Albertos Horse

Albertos Horse  273 views

The Good Life

The Good Life  409 views

Child and her Mother Near Keene

Child and her Mother Near Keene  275 views

Lupine along Highway 223

Lupine along Highway 223  274 views

Poppy with Honey Bee

Poppy with Honey Bee  72 views

Poppies Near Arvin, California

Poppies Near Arvin, California  92 views

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake  71 views

Southern Pacific Rattlesnake

Southern Pacific Rattlesnake  69 views

Chuckwalla

Chuckwalla  67 views

Turtle with Young Friend

Turtle with Young Friend  69 views

Happy Bobcat, California Living Museum

Happy Bobcat, California Living Museum  70 views

Black Bear with Lunch, California Living Museum

Black Bear with Lunch, California Living Museum  68 views

Black Bear at the California Living Museum, near Bakersfield

Black Bear at the California Living Museum, near Bakersfield  65 views

Our Hosts at the Best Western

Our Hosts at the Best Western  66 views

Renovation in Arvin, California

Renovation in Arvin, California  70 views

chickens.jpg

chickens.jpg  65 views

Caesar Chavez Memorial

Caesar Chavez Memorial  66 views

Caesar Chavez Gravesite

Caesar Chavez Gravesite  62 views

Abstract Patterns on a Disc Machine

Abstract Patterns on a Disc Machine  61 views

New Grapes

New Grapes  57 views

The Tehachapi Loop

The Tehachapi Loop  57 views

Locomotive on the Tehachapi Loop

Locomotive on the Tehachapi Loop  59 views

Tracks, Tehachapi Loop

Tracks, Tehachapi Loop  55 views

Tehachapi Loop

Tehachapi Loop  56 views

Hello, Dolly! Actress Leslie Lane

Hello, Dolly! Actress Leslie Lane  65 views

Waitresses on Break, Basque Restaurant, Bakersfield

Waitresses on Break, Basque Restaurant, Bakersfield  59 views

Zooming in on the Wool Growers Restaurant, Bakersfield

Zooming in on the Wool Growers Restaurant, Bakersfield  58 views

Neon Reflected in an Irrigation Canal, Bakersfield

Neon Reflected in an Irrigation Canal, Bakersfield  56 views

Street Reflection

Street Reflection  56 views

Alley Cat Bar

Alley Cat Bar  54 views

Straws Inside the Nile Theater

Straws Inside the Nile Theater  56 views

Half Full or Half Empty?

Half Full or Half Empty?  56 views

Fox Theater, Bakersfield

Fox Theater, Bakersfield  57 views

Mural Reflection, Bakersfied

Mural Reflection, Bakersfied  56 views

Get Your Tat!

Get Your Tat!  68 views

Fox Theater, Bakersfield

Fox Theater, Bakersfield  71 views

Fox Theater in Reflection, Bakersfield

Fox Theater in Reflection, Bakersfield  68 views

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