“Bolinas”

A beautiful day in Bolinas, with Abby Banks (pictured in the first photo). She is one of the most personable and charming women I have ever met.

I was introduced to Abby through my sculpture teacher and I had no concept of how perfect the match would be. On this day, we drove 1hr30mins from Dogpatch, San Francisco all the way to Bolinas, past the Golden Gate Bridge and over an expanse of cliffside woodland, arriving firmly at 1pm on the day.

We packed cyanotype chemicals, transparency papers, a giant glass sheet, three large treatment containers and a bunch of photosensitive paper. We set up camp between a walkway and the shore, using large rocks to create a makeshift darkroom on the ground. Abby packed tuna salad, boiled potatoes and bubbly water and we watched strangers, young and old, meander along the waterline. We stayed for about 4 hours. I brought two different cameras and we shot three pinhole photographs before we left.