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In June of 2000 I had a conference to attend in Los Angeles. Normally I
would have flown down and back, but this time I decided to make a long solo
trip out of it, driving down via the back roads ("blue highways" as William
Least-Heat Moon calls them) and along old Highway 99 in particular. I took
copious notes along the way but I still haven't found time to transcribe
them.
These images are scanned from 35mm slides, originating from Fuji Velvia film, 50mm 1.4 lens on a Nikon N70 body. Scanning makes them a bit "cloudy", so for most I've bumped the contrast in Photoshop. The result looks like 1960s-era Kodachrome, which seems appropriate for these pictures...
Southwest Washington
The 99 Motel (Redding, California)
Stardust (Redding, California)
Reprocessing plant (Red Bluff, California)
Vina Tractor (Vina, California)
Rice fields (north of Sacramento, California)
Ag-cat laying rice seed (north of Sacramento, California)
Capitol building (Sacramento, California)
Flea market (Stockton, California)
Flea market (Stockton, California)
Flea market (Stockton, California)
Leon's Fixit Shop (Madera, California)
Mexico Theater building (Fresno, California)
Fresno, California
Fresno, California
Raisin warehouse (Del Rey, California)
Raisin warehouse (Del Rey, California)
Del Rey, California
Chinese gravestone (Selma, California)
Gravestone (Selma, California)
Railroad and co-op (Highway 99, south of Fresno)
Southern Pacific Rail
Somewhere in the Central Valley (near Tulare, California)
Migrant worker and child (near Tulare, California)
Cadillac and Fence (McFarland, California)
Old Town Hall (Pasadena, California)
Homeless woman (Pasadena, California)
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