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| Dave and I exploring the Salton Sea in 2010. |
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| Bombay Beach Ruins |
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| A photo shoot with the mysterious boxes around the Red Hill Marina. |
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Showing posts with label Remembering Dave. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Remembering Dave. Show all posts
May 1, 2015
Exploring the Salton Sea
My recent road trip around the Salton Sea in Southern California was motivated by my desire to retrace the steps I took with my friend Dave in 2009 and 2010. When he passed away suddenly a year after that last road trip, I started working on a personal project about our first visit to Salvation Mountain. The area has only become more compelling to me as a result.
On my tour around the Salton Sea I visited abandoned structures and ruins in Bombay Beach, Salton City, North Shore, Niland and Salton Sea Beach. I also explored East Jesus in Slab City, and took several trips to photograph Salvation Mountain. My return to the North Shore Yacht Club was also memorable. As was my impromptu photo shoot with the mysterious boxes around the Red Hill Marina. With large gaps between my visits the changes to these places have always seemed extreme. Perhaps it's part of what keeps calling me back to the Salton Sea.
Apr 20, 2015
Bombay Beach, Salton Sea: Part 1
I returned to Bombay Beach, California in December to compare the location to images I shot 5 years ago. This fascinating locale on the eastern side of the Salton Sea is full of abandoned properties and deteriorating ruins. While the history of the Salton Sea is made up of glory-day stories centered around places like the North Shore Yacht Club, it seems that Bombay Beach is how most people imagine the area to be. That's not exactly the case.
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On my return visit I had trouble picking out some of the same locations because they had been completely torn apart. This is more a sign of frequent visitors than it is of the time that's passed. Pop culture, notably Grand Theft Auto 5, has popularized the area and made it even more of a playground for photographers and explorers than it already was. Despite the notion of everything being abandoned, you're never far from other day trippers passing through.
I was reminded of my first visit with my friend Dave. We were so captivated by the location and trying to understand what had happened. I purchased a copy of Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea at the museum that used to be in Yacht Club, and it ended up only further fueling my interest in the Salton Sea. Bombay Beach still fascinates me today, but it feels like the secret is out. For better or worse, the ruins are falling.
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On my return visit I had trouble picking out some of the same locations because they had been completely torn apart. This is more a sign of frequent visitors than it is of the time that's passed. Pop culture, notably Grand Theft Auto 5, has popularized the area and made it even more of a playground for photographers and explorers than it already was. Despite the notion of everything being abandoned, you're never far from other day trippers passing through. I was reminded of my first visit with my friend Dave. We were so captivated by the location and trying to understand what had happened. I purchased a copy of Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea at the museum that used to be in Yacht Club, and it ended up only further fueling my interest in the Salton Sea. Bombay Beach still fascinates me today, but it feels like the secret is out. For better or worse, the ruins are falling.
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| Dave at the Salton Sea. 2009 meets 2014. |
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| The exposed back of an upright piano. |
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| VHS copy of The Silence of the Lambs. Fittingly creepy. |
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| Trying to find the same locations wasn't as easy as I thought. One of the poles is gone. |
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