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Anderson Valley

May 6, 2008February 26, 2025 by Michael Shanks

Boonville, Dan’s radio station. Fuji Fortia (super saturated color transparency for the tastes of the Japanese market), old stock. Casado pinhole camera.

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Yosemite

February 18, 2008 by Michael Shanks

Five minutes off the tourist trail.

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Yosemite Falls

February 18, 2008 by Michael Shanks
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Howick – The Bathing House

July 30, 2007February 26, 2025 by Michael Shanks

In the tracks of northern antiquaries, summer 2007 Part of the estate of the second Earl Grey (1832 Reform Bill) on the Northumberland coast, UK.

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Steng Cross Northumberland

July 20, 2007May 3, 2012 by Michael Shanks

Winter’s Gibbet, Elsdon, Northumberland.

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Flodden Field

July 17, 2007 by Michael Shanks

In the tracks of northern antiquaries, summer 2007 September 9 1513: in the low rolling hills of north Northumberland an invading Scottish army was defeated in the bloodiest ever encounter between England and Scotland. James IV, King of the Scots, nine of his Earls, fourteen Lords of Parliament, five Highland Chiefs and 10,000 men at…

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Exploring the archaeological imagination – to gain a bigger picture on things that matter.

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