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The first of Eric's new cameras, purchased in 2013, began to be used in 2014 when he moved to Sacramento, California, except for a 2013 trip to California to visit family. With his greatly improved image quality came more expeditions around California, Nevada, and Utah; he also returned to Baltimore, Maryland and the East Coast. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As the years passed, Eric visited more states and began shooting with his first macro lens in 2016.

 

Talk about family trips giving photo opportunities in Seattle and Hawaii in 2016, plus Austin and San Antonio areas in Texas after family relocated there in 2017. Include photos

 

In 2018, his camera quality improved even more after purchasing his first full-frame sensor camera.

 

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In 2019, he began using a DJI Mavic Mini as a flying camera to take aerial photographs. He has since upgraded to the DJI Mini 3 Pro for high-quality aerial photographs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From 2015 to the present year (2024), Eric has taken a nearly annual photo trip to Nevada, a dreamland for ghost towns and historic mine sites. He plans to continue traveling the western states for as long as he can, as there are more than a lifetime's worth of places to photograph.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning with his Portland darkroom days, Eric was also interested in photographing historic buildings, signs, and sites from living towns and cities (which are also being constantly vandalized and disappearing).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Completely Vandalized and Permanently Damaged, as Good as Gone

 

An unknown number of buildings and structures no longer exist since Eric photographed them because he only knows when he returns if something is gone or if he learns from an internet source that something is no longer in existence or ruined.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In school, Eric didn't have a specific class about the history of photography or photographic artists. Researching taught Eric, often years after photographing a site, that famous photographers shot some of the same ghost towns and locations. These photographers include Carleton Watkins, Timothy O'Sullivan, William Henry Jackson, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Arthur Rothstein, Russell Lee, Dorothea Lange, Horace Bristol, Paul Strand, Andreas Feininger, Todd Webb and more as he continues to learn.

 

 

 

 

 

Everything but the Windmill is Gone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baltimore Demolished 

 

 

The Auditorium Remains but the Lotus Card Room and Cafe in the 1906 Hotel Albion Building was Demolished in 2018

 

 

Eric has traveled to places he finds exciting and awe-inspiring, taking him through more beautiful scenery than he has time to photograph during thoroughly planned trips. Each travel day is filled from the morning into the night with sites to explore and photos to take, fueled primarily by rockabilly, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and other genres of music from the 1950s and 1960s.

 

 

 

 

The Wild and Wicked 1956 Movie Poster - Chico

 

Portland, 1957-58 Morrison Bridge - Royal Hotel

 

 

 

 

Crockett, CA Live Music Neon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fresno - Neon Auto Supply
 

 

Nelson - Metropolitan 1953-1957 American Cars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Wyatt (Josie) and Virgil Earp Sequence