I have several different partial sequences of this project -- one of my most important photo goals is to get a new canonical sequence or set of sequences together. But for now: - https://nickshere.com/us-and-california-flags-in-infrared/ - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kukkurovaca/albums/72157623971278406/ -- This is the most "complete" set of photos including everything that's risen to the level of me being willing to upload it to flickr (not the highest bar) # Misc. Flag locations in Bay Area - Antioch American Legion, [607 E St](https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0135668,-121.8112885,3a,88.3y,301.22h,85.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPU_0glyOAFQd2qv4oaC0eg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192). Flag on side of building painted by...[this dude](https://scottlobaido.com/) - Caltrain stations -- I've done the San Jose one, but it looks like there may be others - Flag barn on [Vasco road](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Flag+Barn/@37.8310318,-121.6578266,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x808fe39c47a589a3:0x149e5fd8d1d04d0f!8m2!3d37.8310275!4d-121.6556075). [Background](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/01/08/landmark-barn-on-vasco-road-could-get-a-needed-restoration/) - Heinold's first and last chance, Jack London - Flag murals, AB&J Foundry, near Coliseum BART - Encampment between Lake Merritt and Fruitvale. Will be on right side when traveling south # Text Fragments I need to actually buckle down and do some writing on this project. In the meantime: > The photo project that is most dear to me, which I've been plugging away at for years, is US and California flags in infrared. Infrared photography involves using film or digital cameras which are sensitive to infrared light, in conjunction with filters that block visible light. Historically, infrared imaging has been used for military aerial surveillance and scientific and agricultural purposes, because living foliage reflects infrared very strongly, but dead foliage does not, even if it is still green to the naked eye. > > Infrared photography also has a number of other quirks, my personal favorite being the unpredictable way that IR interacts with dyes and pigments on various materials and surfaces. This can result in unpredictable and often surreal rendition of ubiquitous symbols, such as flags. I find this oddly liberating. --- Apropos of something else (photos of vacant lots in Dublin), but would bear on both flags and engulf: > One of the questions that I think should come to mind when looking at a landscape (either in person, or as recorded) is: to what extent does the visible landscape reflect the desires and choices of some person or people, and to what extent does it frustrate or elude those desires. And, importantly, which person or people. This of course includes the photographer. > > Similarly with portraits: to what extent does the appearance of a person reflect that person's choices and desires, versus those of the photographer -- or those of people and forces unseen imposing upon the person. The best portraits are those where one gets the feeling that the subject has won out. ---