Joshua — Fri, 20 May 2016 21:30:15 +0000

Of all the beautiful images of flowers that I captured at Carlsbad Flower Fields in southern California, these two were the most meaningful to me. I sat and watched the families photograph one another amongst the blooms that swayed in the breeze. My eye was caught by a row of solid magenta interrupted by one stark, white blossom.

Yet, beyond all of these gorgeous moments, I was focused in on these men. I considered family origins – my roots. My grandfather, as a boy, ran the streets of LA. As a young man, one of his many jobs was to tend carnation fields. I imagined him so many years ago (He turns 90 this year.) working hard for himself and his family to have what I now have. I considered the three generations of journeying through constant work, hope, pain, poverty, discrimination, assimilation to stability, security, safety, more hard work and prosperity. I envisioned the dichotomy, the gap, the chasm that lay between where I was, on vacation looking at pretty flowers, and where he was, working so damn hard for everything he has. A few yards of distance. An entire world apart.

I felt grateful for my history, grateful for where I stood at that moment and hopeful for him.

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Joshua — Fri, 20 May 2016 14:47:50 +0000

Carlsbad Flower Fields is an awe inspiring stop if you find yourself on the California coast and not far from San Diego. There is not much to add that these images don’t already describe – a vast landscape of delicate beauty.

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