Carmel Rancho Barn, Carmel Valley, CA
Carmel Rancho Barn
A month before he passed away, my mentor and friend, Morley Baer, ran his final workshop with John Wimberley and John Sexton. Along with these wonderful teachers there was a cadre of friends whom I had met over the years through Morley or from my work with The Friends of Photography. Every October, for 10 years prior, Morley organized a workshop that brought together some very talented photographers to take images of uniquely Californian landscapes. That year we were granted access to one of the last remaining Spanish Land Grants – Carmel Rancho.
For 4 days we scoured this rural landscape, took photographs, ate some amazing meals and shared the camaraderie of some very creative people. Not that I’ve ever been happy with photographs that I’ve taken on any workshop, but on this inspiring long weekend, I did find a few views that I actually still enjoy.
There are many nostalgic thoughts that this images kindles in me but this white barn and pasture always makes me smile remembering the last time I saw Morley.
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Wow! This is fabulous! You captured the sense of place. I can feel the warmth of the sun, smell the grass and hear the stillness. I love this!
Thank you Shannon! It was a great place and inspiring time…
Marco, you are channeling Steinbeck! Always time streaked, black and white, worn and somehow already in our memory. Wonderful.
Thank you Rene!!! I might be channeling Steinbeck, he’s one of my favorite writers.
Ahh, Marco… The memories… Beautiful image! Thank you for jogging the memory banks.
Craig
Thank you Craig! Lots of memories shared… we keep thinking we’re making art when in fact we were simply creating visual memory jogs…
Marco-Great names–nice to have the “memory Jog” Morley, John W, John S, Craig and You. We need to get together again!!! Again, we have shared many image locations again. GREAT WORK!!
Bruce
Hey Bruce! Great to hear from you!! Thank you and I agree it would be great to get us all together again at some amazing place like we’ve shared… Take care!!