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The ever-lovely Bloomington, CA.

 

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Rialto, CA. Cell phone pic.

 

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Fontana, CA. Cell phone pic.

 

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Take a seat! Loma Linda, CA.

 

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Fontana, CA...or maybe Colton.

 

The B&W shots were done with 38 year old expired film, which explains the fogginess.

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Loma Linda, CA. Not much farm land around socal these days (unless you're in the Imperial Valley, which is all farmland). This shot was taken on film that expired in 1973.

 

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A nice benching spot, if you don't mind shooting between a 4-inch gap in a fence. Which I don't.

 

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Fontana, aka as Fontuckey, thanks to the NASCAR race track.

 

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Gotta love the hobo tunnels in Colton.

 

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Defiant shopping carts of Rialto.

 

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Cajon Pass, where stackers go to hold hands.

 

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Wonder if there's straw on the floor inside?

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More more more...Using up a roll of film while waiting for a train to come by:

 

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Sun was going down. I think they rent tractors to dig holes?

 

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Like a jellyfish, but not:

 

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Taken from the car:

 

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Cell phone:

 

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Open for business:

 

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Lawsuits are the answer!

 

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Lawnmower repair:

 

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Fancy alternator store:

 

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Haven't posted in this for a bit, been going into LA to take pictures because it was just too hot here in the IE.

 

My other get away from the heat, Lake Gregory in the mountains:

 

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How'd you like to live here?

 

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Rialto, CA.

 

Someone's been drawing this elephant character all over my neighborhood, I love it:

 

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Who says we don't have seasons?

 

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I think of them as spider season and non-spider season.

 

Gang graff:

 

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Rialto, CA.

 

A productive Saturday morning:

 

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Driveby:

 

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American art:

 

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On the backroads:

 

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A graffiti-covered church in San Berdoo (already posted some pics from here):

 

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Mission of Faith, San Bernardino:

 

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Behind the Walmart in Rialto:

 

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That structure in the background has been torn down, it's gone now.

 

At the most popular train-watching spot in the world:

 

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On a Saturday morning you get almost more railfans than trains.

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Thank you! I love the IE. And I'm not the only one:

 

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Wrong side of the fence:

 

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That's my car. This next one needs to be viewed a bit bigger:

 

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A meat market in Pomona, CA.

 

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BIBLE TCA.

 

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I can't escape trains. I need a life.

 

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Detail color shot of the above piece:

 

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Down in the riverbed:

 

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sorry i have not read through the whole thread, but i saw this today:

 

Slab City, their home for the past three months, is a squatters' camp deep in the badlands of California's poorest county, where the road ends and the sun reigns, about 190 miles southeast of Los Angeles and hour's drive from the Mexican border. The vast state-owned property gets its name from the concrete slabs spread out across the desert floor, the last remnants of a World War II–era military base. In the decades since it was decommissioned, dropouts and fugitives of all stripes have swelled its winter population to close to a thousand, though no one's really counting. These days, their numbers are growing thanks to a modest influx of recession refugees like the Angios, attracted by do-it-yourself, rent-free living beyond the reach of electricity, running water and the law. And while the complexion of the Slabs, as the place is locally known, may be changing in some ways, the same old rule applies: respect your neighbor, or stay the hell away.

 

 

is this the same area this thread references? or a different place entirely?

 

http://news.yahoo.com/slab-city-living-off-grid-californias-badlands-090000272.html

 

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Different place. The Inland Empire is the area just inland from LA. It includes the cities of Riverside and San Bernardino.

 

Slab City is out near the Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley. It's further east of the Inland Empire. And south too. The area the Salton Sea is in is fascinating and depressing and a photographer's dream. Here's my Flickr set of the Salton Sea:

 

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Thanks!

 

Kinda hard to mow the lawn with a ghetto bird buzzing overhead:

 

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Stray dog in the yard:

 

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Welcome to my nightmare:

 

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Bridge built in 1916:

 

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Rural gang graff:

 

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Remains of a fire:

 

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EVADES on a train:

 

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Just beyond the Walmart parking lot:

 

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Craziest stuff in industrial areas:

 

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Craziest stuff on route 66:

 

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Pick me up at the two dead palms:

 

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Very cool thread, great pictures! Grew up in riverside, brings back memories. I would offer to contribute some from my areas, but I can't take a picture for shit! Would be cool to see some pics from further west/ south. Crazy to see the differences between Pomona, Corona, Elsinore, Perris, Temecula, and all within an hours drive.

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Very cool thread, great pictures! Grew up in riverside, brings back memories. I would offer to contribute some from my areas, but I can't take a picture for shit! Would be cool to see some pics from further west/ south. Crazy to see the differences between Pomona, Corona, Elsinore, Perris, Temecula, and all within an hours drive.

 

I've wanted to explore those areas but haven't had much time to. Now I'm moving out of state. Post your pictures anyway!

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