Youre looking at an old grain silo, part of the 100 year old ruins of Llano del Rio Colony, a socialist utopian community, established in SE Antelope Valley in 1914. Llano del Rio was founded by Job Harriman, a young lawyer who almost won a bid for mayor of Los Angeles. Not trusting the political system to enact social change, Harriman founded the community out in the desert north of Los Angeles. The cooperative thrived, its population exceeding 1000, until their water supply was diverted by an earthquake fault. They had one of the countrys first Montessori schools, hosted a fertile intellectual and cultural climate, and had innovative low-cost housing, Social Security, minimum-wage pay, and universal health care services that predated the rest of the country by decades. Although Llano del Rio is today considered Western American historys most important non-religious utopian community, there is unfortunately no protection for the site despite being a California Historic Landmark. Title: Llano Del Rio Star Trails Photographer: Ken Lee Info: Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8. 20 minute exposure in total, stacked in Photoshop CS4 from 5 individual photos of 4 minutes each at ISO 200 f/8, using Triggertrap to control the camera for the star trails. Light painted grain silo with LED flashlight and speedlight with gel. Location: Llano Del Rio, California, USA
Posted on: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:49:03 +0000
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