Andrew Aldrich
@andrewaldrich.bsky.social
Photographer; researcher in philosophies of place
If you buy Mono Lake Committee's 2027 Calendar, you will see my photo during the month of September - and other wonderful pics in other months. Mono Lake from Mono Craters, the remnants of geologically recent volcanic eruptions in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California.
Pool of clouds amidst Monterey pines, Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park, Oakland, California, 25JUL2026
Opening July 18 at Gray Loft Gallery, Jingletown, Oakland, Surface Tension invites viewers to experience water in its many forms – serene and turbulent, reflective and mysterious, life-giving and transformative. I'll have two pieces there, including this one. www.grayloftgallery.com
Bay Farm Island (Alameda), shoreline trail, with San Francisco and the Bay Bridge in the distance, 6JUL2026
Ancient oaks, Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve, San Mateo County, California, 11MAY2026
Redwoods along the Fern Ravine Trail, Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland, California, 15JUN2026
From Ring Mountain Preserve, Tiburon, Marin County, California
Lake Merritt, Oakland, nello stile di Canaletto 20FEB2026
Blue oak in winter, Mount Diablo State Park, 7FEB2026
Underappreciated member of the avian world, the turkey vulture - on Moses Rock, Mount Diablo State Park, Contra Costa County, California, 7FEB2026
Not a groundhog (it's a red-shouldered hawk), but Groundhog Day, Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland, California, 2FEB2026
"But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo: Bolinas, California, 8 Oct 2023
Amidst chaos, remember peace. Sunset Trail, Palo Seco Canyon, Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland, California, 12JAN2026
California Rorschach: Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, Butte County, on a foggy winter day, 30DEC2025
"Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror" On a hike in the Lincoln Highlands, Oakland, before the rains begin in earnest later today. Happy Winter Solstice! 21DEC2025
Walking home through The Twomps (an East Oakland neighborhood, pronounced "toomps" - in the 20's Avenues and East 20's Streets, hence "Twomps") at sunset, Tuesday, 2DEC2025
Gradual clearing after yesterday's storm, LDS Oakland Temple, 14NOV2025
From the Oakmore Highlands, with downtowns Oakland and San Francisco in the distance, approaching sunset, 14NOV2025
The Rainbow and the Temple, Oakmore Highlands, Oakland, California, 14NOV2025
The Meek Estate (1870), Hayward, California, 30OCT2025
San Gregorio State Beach, San Mateo County, California, 4OCT2025
Great egret, Hayward Regional Shoreline, 3FEB2024
Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland, California, with shadows and clouds. 6AUG2025
American avocets, Hayward Regional Shoreline, California, 12JUL2025
High summer's golden grasses, Sunset Trail, Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland, California, 26JUN2025
My friend and I agreed that the color of these flowers in a garden in the Elmwood, Berkeley, California, is very close to International Yves Klein Blue. 23MAY2025
Monarch butterfly, Elmwood district, Berkeley, California, 23MAY2025
California buckeye in full bloom, Diablo Foothills Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California, 17MAY2025
Diablo Foothills Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California, 17MAY2025
