Author Archives: JoelSax

Chinelo Unmasked

April 24, 2015 By JoelSax

This was one of the chinelos, a type of dancer from the Mexican City neighborhoods of Milpa Alta and Xochimilco. They usually appear around carnival time when they serve to mock old men and disguise the wearers. Wikipedia says: This dance developed as a mockery of the Europeans with their fine clothing, beards, fair skin […]

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Blonde Riding a Coach

April 22, 2015 By JoelSax

This woman was riding a carriage filled with women singing Italian arias. Few people realize that Italian Americans supplied much of the work force in the mines and so did their part to tame the West. This is a very popular photo on flickr. Guess few people can resist a blonde who is publicly declaring […]

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Man in a White Hat on a White Horse

April 20, 2015 By JoelSax

I went to the Swallows Day Parade in San Juan Capistrano last month. It’s a great parade. You will never have seen so many horses in your life, however. The stream of riders, bands, reenactors, and dancers took two hours to pass. It started with some reenactors shooting off their guns to wake up the […]

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The Teepees

April 17, 2015 By JoelSax

Date: September 30, 2014 Every few years, I must take a long road trip. My favorite destinations all lie to the east of where I live: the deserts of Arizona, Utah, and Nevada are particular favorites. I select several cameras and films, then get in the car and head to the first of a string […]

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Rainbow Train HDR

April 15, 2015 By JoelSax

Date: January 10, 2015 The HDR was an afterthought. I took several sequential photos of this passing train. When I got home and set myself to the task of choosing between them for the shot that would appear in flickr, I realized that I hadn’t moved the frame much. Moved by curiosity, I ran them […]

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Forest and Meadows

April 13, 2015 By JoelSax

Date: April 3, 2015 I found that I had five Instax shots left over in my camera, so I went out to take them in nearby Whiting Ranch. I vowed that I would make five better-than-acceptable photographs; but I could only realize it for three of them. This is the first photo that I took […]

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Confiscation

April 12, 2015 By JoelSax

When the man has an AK-47, you do as he says. I was in Osijek, Croatia as part of a Quaker peace mission when I had the chance to snag some InterNet time at the local phone exchange. Croatia was at war with Serbia at the time, so security in this frontier city was tight. […]

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Fuchsia-Flowering Gooseberry

April 10, 2015 By JoelSax

Date: March 15, 2015 These came out very early this year. Temperatures were in the nineties — in February! — so many flowers started to bloom. I’ll be looking for Mariposa Lilies in April! The flowers are a favorite of the Anna’s Hummingbird. I’ve been told that you can eat these, but they don’t taste […]

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Weeping Angel

April 8, 2015 By JoelSax

This may be my most famous photo. Lord knows that it has been stolen often enough! Even Doctor Who got into the act, though not by pilfering my work. There are many Weeping Angels scattered around the country. This one stands in Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma, California. Colma is unique in that it is […]

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Bust

April 6, 2015 By JoelSax

Date: June 17, 2013 Some of the garden art at Villa Vizcaya, Miami, Florida. Another Sprocket Rocket creation. Obviously a Roman empress or an Italian noblewoman who wanted to be thought of as one, but who?

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