these are our favorite images of Oakland history, digitally mastered, and many on display at the Alta Bank Headquarters in downtown Oakland, and to be installed in early 2010 at the US District Courts in the Oakland Federal building floors 2,3,4
Here are some of my favorites from our digitally mastered views of the Valley...These are on display in the public space of the U.S. District Courts in San Jose - 4th and 5th Floors.
Collection of digital mastered historical images of San Jose, on permanent exhibit at the US District Courts in San Jose, public space 4th and 5th floors. The intent was to express the integration of Courts with the community, providing education heritage content, foregoing conventional decorative art for the interior walls.
Content includes the history of San Jose proper, Mt Hamilton, development of agriculture and industry, education, and surrounding areas such as Saratoga, Santa Cruz, Sunnyvale, and Palo Alto
“Everybody needs beauty... places to play and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike,” wrote Muir (c. 1902).
This special view was created with an 8 x 10 view camera with a 75mm super Angulon lens - the circular image shows the entire image resolved by this lens on the 8 x 10 film as it appeared, enabling me to record the reflection and 5,000 foot high granite peak.
hand-tinted black and white photograph by Bennett Hall
Exhibit designer, editor, photographic artist, writer and San Francisco native. President of group of integrated media firms: Business Image Group, Eco-framing, San Francisco Images and World Wide Archive