Girl in White Dress at Victoria Tower, Laguna Beach, California
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I played beach volleyball at Victoria Beach in Laguna Beach for over thirty years.
A few hundred yards from the volleyball courts and around a rock cliff is the Pirate Tower.
This sixty foot structure was built in 1926 with concrete walls and the base constructed from ocean stones.
It was used as a staircase from the home of William Edward Brown.
Brown sold the house to a retired naval captain named Harold Kendrick. Kendrick was a pirate fanatic and invited children over to the house for pirate games and stories.
The house has changed owners several times since, bought at one point by actress Bette Midler.
One day in the afternoon I set up my tripod and started to photograph the tower.
As I was working a mother and two young girls came by to see the tower. The girls walked over to
the structure and walked around while the mom stood next to me and asked questions about the area.
The flowing white dress and a slight wind added to the ambiance of the overall image.
This is one of the few images that I print as "faux painting" and regular.
Both version of this image have special menaing, and I love them both.
This image is the regular version.
A few hundred yards from the volleyball courts and around a rock cliff is the Pirate Tower.
This sixty foot structure was built in 1926 with concrete walls and the base constructed from ocean stones.
It was used as a staircase from the home of William Edward Brown.
Brown sold the house to a retired naval captain named Harold Kendrick. Kendrick was a pirate fanatic and invited children over to the house for pirate games and stories.
The house has changed owners several times since, bought at one point by actress Bette Midler.
One day in the afternoon I set up my tripod and started to photograph the tower.
As I was working a mother and two young girls came by to see the tower. The girls walked over to
the structure and walked around while the mom stood next to me and asked questions about the area.
The flowing white dress and a slight wind added to the ambiance of the overall image.
This is one of the few images that I print as "faux painting" and regular.
Both version of this image have special menaing, and I love them both.
This image is the regular version.
Below is a detail from the image.
