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CAliforniA’s diverse geogrAPhy rAnges from the PACifiC CoAst in the west, the sierrA nevAdA mountAins in the eAst,

the redwood And douglAs fir forests in the northwest, And the mojAve desert in the southeAst. the Center

of the stAte is dominAted by the CentrAl vAlley, AmAjor AgriCulturAl AreA. it is one of my fAvorite

PlACes for lAndsCAPe PhotogrAPhy.

A CAliforniA Portfolio by John Custodio Folio Purchasing Information

Gibson Beach, Point Lobos

A rocky, tree-covered headland jutting out into the Pacific, Point Lobos marks the north end of the Big Sur coast. Gibson Beach, located at the southernmost edge of Point Lobos, is shrouded in fog on a summer morning.

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One of the largest dune systems in California, the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes encompass an18-mile stretch of land on the central California coast with dunes extending 2 to 5 miles inland.

Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Preserve

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The Fort Bragg city dump once stood here. It was closed and cleaned up in the1960s, but broken glass remained. Glass Beach gets its name from the substantial

glass waste that has been pounded and polished over the years by the waves.

Glass Beach, Fort Bragg

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Flowing year round, Bridalveil Fall is one of the most prominent waterfalls in Yosemite Valley. The second highest falls in the park, it spills its cascade into Bridalveil Creek 620 feet below.

Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite National Park

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Bridalveil Creek, Yosemite National Park

Fed by the waterfalls above, Bridalveil Creek fills with torrents of melted snow in the spring.

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Rock and Log, Yosemite National Park

A reflection in the Merced River.


Tufas, Mono Lake

Mono Lake is over 750,000 years old. It is 2 ½ times as salty as the ocean and 80 times as alkaline. Calciumcarbonate spires called tufas form when calcium-bearing water from springs on the bottom of the lake flowup through the carbonate rich lake water. These tufas only grew underwater, but when Los Angeles started

diverting water from the Owens River in the 1940s, they became exposed by the falling lake level.

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The Trona Pinnacles, Trona

Formed under a lake 10,000 to 100,000 years ago, the Trona Pinnacles consist of more than500 calcium carbonate spires, some as high as 140 feet. The now dried up lake formed a link

in an interconnected chain of Pleistocene Era lakes stretching from Mono Lake to Death Valley.

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Dante’s View, Death Valley

Dante’s View, at 5,475 feet, looks almost straight down on the lowest point in North America(282 feet below sea level), and across the salt flats of Death Valley to the Panamint Range.

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Two Joshua Trees, Joshua Tree National Park

The Mojave Desert is the special habitat of the Joshua Tree. The name was given by a group of Mormon pioneers who crossed the Mojave Desert in the mid-19th century. The tree’s unique shape reminded

them of the prophet Joshua from the Old Testament, waving them on westward to the Promised Land.

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Windmills, Coachella Valley

The Coachella Valley is an ideal location for wind farms. As hot air rises over the valley, cooler air is forced through the nearby San Gorgonio Pass, creating wind speeds of 15 to 20 miles per hour. There are more than 4,000 windmills here in a 70-square-mile area,

providing enough electricity to power Palm Springs and the entire Coachella Valley.

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Soul Consoling Tower, Manzanar

During World War II, 10,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated here in a camp at the footof the Sierra Nevada mountain range. In 1943 they erected a memorial to honor their dead. “Soul

Consoling Tower” is the literal translation of the Japanese characters on the front of the monument.

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The Swazey Hotel, Bodie

Less than ten percent of the original buildings of this mining boom town, located in the high desert north of Mono Lake, remain. This building was constructed in the early 1890s

and today, a log pole propping up a side wall is all that prevents it from collapsing.

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Hoisting Engine Boiler, Bodie

Built by Prescott, Scott & Company in 1878, this boiler provided steam for a hoistingengine used to raise and lower ore,equipment, and personnel in a shaft in one of the mines in Bodie. The company waslocated in San Francisco, and supplied many engines to mines working the gold fields of California and Nevada.

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Lamppost, Santa Monica

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Looking East On Route 167, Mono County

Next town - 50 miles.

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16 IMAGE FOLIO SET$185*

What is a folio?A folio is a new way to present a collection of prints. It’s a small-sized set of photographs on a given topic, sequenced like a book, but unbound like a portfolio. The prints come in an art paper enclosure with a die-cut window with the folio title showing through. The enclosure uses only archival, acid-free materials to protect the life of the prints inside. Each folio is shipped in a sealed, clear plastic sleeve. It fits on a shelf like a book–perfect for the photography collector who no longer has any more wall space for framed prints!

• Folio size is 9” x 10” in a vertical format• Each folio is numbered sequentially in an

open edition• Images are approximately 5” x 7½”• Printed with pigment ink on fine art

inkjet paper• The enclosure is made from an acid-free

archival art paper• The folio set also includes a title page

with introduction, and a colophon

To order folios or for more information email: [email protected]

* Plus $9.75 U.S. shipping. Sales tax added if shipped to NY State.

The photographs in this PDF are available in a print folio

A CAliforniA Portfolio


All images in this PDF are available as prints.

Small: 8”x10” to 6”x12” (depending on image)Editions of 100: $90 matted, $160 matted and framed

Medium: 12”x15” to 9”x18” (depending on image)Editions of 50: $270 matted, $395 matted and framed

Large: 16”x20” to 12”x24” (depending on image)Editions of 25: $450 matted, $630 matted and framed

Images are printed on either 100% cotton rag paper or alpha cellulose paper with high stability pigment inks. The prints are matted with Artcare Alpharag Bright White 4-ply 100% cotton rag board, with a 4”

border all around. They are signed and numbered on the front of the print. Frames are black woodwith anti-refelective glass. Each print comes with a Certificate of Authenticity stating the name of

the photograph, print size, edition number, and information about the ink and paper used.

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I’m a life-long New Yorker who was born in Brook-lyn in 1951. Through my interest in science in high school, I became interested in the technical as-pects of developing film and making prints. I went on to attend the School of Visual Arts in New York City where I earned a BFA in photography in 1976. After graduating, I worked in the audio-visual field for several years, during which time I became interested in video and pursued a career in video editing.

Once my career was launched, my photographic interests were set aside until 1988, when I began to travel to different parts of the country, espe-cially to the Southwest and Southeast. Soon the fire for photography was rekindled.

While I used two medium format cameras, shoot-ing color film in one and black and white in the other, my printing was entirely in color since my darkroom was primarily set up for that. In 1994 I became interested in the options that digital technology offered, and set up a dry darkroom.

Once I had a computer, scanner, and a working knowledge of Photoshop, I started working on my backlog of black and white images. And as soon as the technology allowed it, I began producing black and white prints using carbon pigment quad tone inks on rag paper. In 2003 I got a digital SLR and stopped using film, and now make my land-scape photographs in color as well as black and white by shooting and printing digitally.

In 2006 I bought a Canon 5D digital SLR and had it modified to shoot only in infrared. I’ve added this to my photographic arsenal, and now shoot landscapes in infrared as well

Today, I continue my professional work as a vid-eo editor, editing documentaries for independent producers. I also do color correction work on the documentaries as well, aided by the knowledge I’ve gained from years of color printing, and my Photoshop skills.

-John Custodio


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All images ©1997-2007 John Custodio

Published and produced in April 2013 byJohn CustodioNew York, NY(212) 957-9850

[email protected]

Visit my website at www.JohnCustodio.com

The photographs in this PDF were made on Pentax 6x7, Linhof 6x12, Canon 1Ds and Canon 5D cameras from 1997 to 2007. Creative

work was done in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.

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