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They Used To Call It Summerland

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I've been away for a month, collecting my thoughts, developing new relationships, preparing for the next frenzy of photoshoots....

During that time, one of my dA friends came all the way up from Honduras to visit, and I took him to some of my old stomping grounds.

Once upon a time, this place was a nude beach, a million miles away from civilization.  You parked between the trees on a leaf-strewn patch of dirt and hiked in from the highway. It was rugged.  It was adventurous.  It was natural, and it was unique in Southern California. 

Now, they paved in a parking lot, painted nice, neat lines so the cars keep their distance from each other, built modern restrooms, installed security gates, changed the f*cking name and outlawed nudity.  FTW!
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Manovich-art's avatar
Great shot, full of drama.
Why do people who have power F... everything up. If there is nothing wrong with a place leave it alone. Locals should decide on what is best for an area on natural beauty.
Some rich bastard  somewhere will have made money from building that car park. And I bet you have to pay now to park. As for naturist beach well take no notice it'll be some old prude who looks like a whale would have decided to stop nudity on the beach.
This world has too many laws and interfering over paid under worked office workers who need to make themselves busy changing God's planet.
Rant over.
The UK is the same.Waaaah! No, I disagree! :( (Sad) Rage Rage Rage Rage Rage Rage