Category Archives: Baja California

God & The Devil In The Land Of The Sun

Posted on May 13, 2014 by John Durant

Cirios I’m part of this great nation because my grandfather was born here, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He took a horse, back in 1895 and rode it all the way down to Guanajuato looking for his American dream. Not a penny … Continue reading →

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Panteón de Santa Rosalillita – Baja California

Posted on May 12, 2014 by John Durant

Something about Mexico is best left unspoken. It’s clear, almost obvious. To an American traveling south looking into death’s steady gaze can be unsettling. Best not to linger too long while the winter sun drops below the coastal range. Ray … Continue reading →

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How to Make Something Beautiful (part two)

Posted on November 26, 2013 by John Durant

                  Japanese woodblock: my vintage Canon F-1n (20mm f/2.8) Start with something completely familiar – like an analog single lens reflex. Find a chunk of clear Douglas fir and sketch directly to … Continue reading →

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Ocean Waves

Posted on March 12, 2013 by John Durant

In 1937 Ansel Adams said: a great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. Continue reading →

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Up High In Mexico

Posted on December 4, 2012 by John Durant

                               Tecate Peak, Southwest Slope, Baja California Fifty miles from my photo studio is the Tecate border crossing. To get there, take California 94 away from … Continue reading →

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En La Playa

Posted on March 5, 2011 by John Durant

The first time I saw the beach where the big Sheraton is now parked near Cabo San Lucas, there was a 100′ Japanese trawler sitting on the rocks, Lyndon Johnson was in the White House and there wasn’t a single … Continue reading →

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Decomposed Granite

Posted on March 5, 2011 by John Durant

D.G. is geologist’s shorthand for decomposed granite – a technical sounding name for the state of solid rock on its way to becoming sand. Coarse and sharp, D.G. makes beautiful, deeply textured beaches. The sand grains are so big they … Continue reading →

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Cabeza de Ballena

Posted on March 1, 2011 by John Durant

Cabeza de Ballena Point There’s something beautifully uncorrupted about Cabeza de Ballena. Even though it sits in the middle of all the hotels between Cabo San Lucas & San Jose Del Cabo, it’s wild. In a distracted moment you could … Continue reading →

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Central Baja California

Posted on January 26, 2011 by John Durant

I spent most of today sorting through B/W negatives and old scans updating the Mexico section of my website http://www.johndurantphotos.com and in the process relived some of my forty year relationship with Baja California. Continue reading →

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Jesus Maria, Baja California 1988

Posted on January 19, 2011 by John Durant

Kodak TMX B&W film on the road in Baja California – December 1988 This photograph was made with my reliable Mamiya on TMX 120 – a film I reluctantly became familiar with in the early 1990s after Ilford forever altered … Continue reading →

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