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Salvation Mountain and My Friend Leonard

I wouldn't consider myself overly religious in any which way, but I do love my crazy old folk artists, so naturally one of my favorite people in the world is a fellow by the name of Leonard Knight.  This guy hangs out in the desert, collects paint from people who stop by, and built over...

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As Seen In: L'Officiel Paris Magazine

This last week we had a nice little surprise in the form of a great French fashion magazine feature in L'Officiel Paris.  They did an article about Salvation Mountain, one of our favorite places out in desert by the Salton Sea and pulled picks from our extensive stock photo gallery [we get down there as...

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Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

I was very pleased to finally pick up the 'Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea' documentary this past weekend- which I must say is completely fantastic. If you know me, you know one of my favorite trips is my once a year trip to the sea where I think I've taken some of my...

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January 21, 2009 - 2:31 am

ian - I love my Salton Sea doc and pimp it out to all my friends.

January 16, 2009 - 2:51 pm

The Salton Sea's Urban Decay

Somehow the Salton Sea has put itself on my list of places to visit at least once every year, and every time I come by I think I take better pictures as well as appreciate it's uniqueness more. I even broke down and bought the 'Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea' documentary that I've...

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October 28, 2010 - 8:27 pm

Miguel A - I live there...
well in North Shore..
And i got pretty good pictures too...

November 12, 2008 - 5:56 pm

Colin Savage - fxifr9l4f0rp2t8h

August 11, 2008 - 1:28 pm

sam freekadelah - Really like the top two photographs with the reflections in them and the colours are amazing too.

2007 Family Postcard: New Home on the Salton Sea

2007 Family Postcard New Home on the Salton Sea It's that time of year again, and Tanya and I didn't want to let you down. For this year's friendly postcard, we're channeling The Salton Sea, and dressed the pets up and took them to our favorite abandoned shack with a big red X to get...

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November 12, 2007 - 9:49 am

Jeff Sipper - Hey Ian,

Looks great... I really have to get out to the Salton Sea one of these days! :-)

Dana and I have been looking for really bad holiday sweaters to do our Holiday card this year, but, so far, no luck!

Jeff

Bombay Beach: The Salton Sea Photographs

Location: Bombay Beach, California [the Salton Sea] // Google Maps Tanya and I are trying to get back on our old 'at least once a month' roadtrip schedule, and last week we went to the Salton Sea, which was a huge tourist destination but because of tons of pollution it's now pretty much abandoned. Some...

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The Salton Sea

This last Saturday Tanya and I traveled to the creepy and deserted Salton Sea down between Los Angeles and San Diego. I never plan on going there ever again for its creepyness factor, but without question it's an amazing place to go visit...I mean if you like dead fish and deserted things.

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January 30, 2007 - 4:12 pm

ian - got some super creepy pics, coming right up!

January 30, 2007 - 2:54 pm

jennifer - wow. i read an article about that place in nat'l geographic a couple of years ago!! it was certainly creepy..... your photos from france are amazing, btw! beautiful, beautiful!! love ya, cuz!