Photography – Dan Stiel Fotografie

1987 Beijing International Marathon Finishers Medallion.

I received this 1987 Beijing International Marathon Finishers Medallion as a thank you gift from the Chinese Athletic Assn. after three Chinese runners competed in Long Beach Marathon on May 1, 1988.

The Long Beach, California event included a race within the race for the Pacific Rim marathon championship, with 20 athletes competing from China, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan and South Korea.

My team had created and hosted a reception for VIPs and sponsors along the finish line of the event. Our guests and championship athletes had a terrific time and presented this as a thank you by the team from China.

It was the first time Chinese runners had competed in a marathon on U.S. soil, making this memento of the day very special to me.

Who could stay mad at a face like that?

Gorilla exhibit at the San Diego Zoo.

The world’s largest wind chimes.

Robinson’s Building, Fashion Island, Newport Beach, California. Tom Van Sant, artist (dedicated September 11, 1967).

The old mining town of Forgotten, California

Somewhere hidden in the hills of the Coachella Valley, California is the abandoned mining town of Forgotten.

The Unicorn of the Desert

Feeling a little monochrome this morning.

This beautiful Arabian Oryx is called the “unicorn of the desert” because when you look at her from the side, she appears to have only one horn.

Summer of ’20. The best of times. The worst of times.

Summer of 2020 is one I won’t soon forget for all the right reasons. And sometimes for all the wrong ones.

Republic of Texas. Congress Avenue.

Republic of Texas Biker Rally. Austin, Texas. 2008.

Bird in a Basket

This American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) at the San Diego Zoo is keeping a close eye on the camera.

Geisel Library, UCSD turns 50

UCSD’s Geisel Library turn 50 on September 29.

Named after Theodor Seuss “Ted” Geisel, better known as children’s book author Dr. Seuss, architect William Pereira designed the futuristic library on the University of California San Diego campus in the brutalist aesthetic. The library opened to students in September 1970.

Other examples of Pereira’s work that evokes the style of the library might include the Transamerica tower in San Francisco and the Pacific Life building in Newport Beach.

Today, the Geisel Library is considered among the top public research libraries in the nation.

1969 Lamborghini Miura S

When it’s too hot to head outside… I’m having fun staying inside editing photo shoot outtakes of some very cool cars, indeed…

One of my favorites to edit is Mr. Leno’s spectacular 1969 Lamborghini Miura S from our visit last year.