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AFTER THE GRIFFITH PARK FIRE
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I have always enjoyed wild places and
the animals that live in them,
especially in the middle of cities.
After the recent fire in Griffith Park
I spent several days documenting its
effects. I expected to find only
scorched trees and hills. Instead, the
fire revealed
the park's wildlife in ways that both
shocked and
saddened me.
During the fire our worries about
damage to our
neighbor’s homes, and the destruction
to such beloved
landmarks as Dante's View, trumped all
other concerns.
Now, I hope my photos will reveal the
true victims of
the blaze: our native wild life.
Los Angeles needs Griffith Park and its
largely
unknown wild places. I hope that the
park, and its natural inhabitants, are
healing and in the next few months the
park will reopen to the public.
A portion of each sale from “After the
Griffith
Park Fire” photo auction will go
directly to The
Griffith Park Recovery Fund.
The Griffith Park Recovery Fund, set up
by the
Greek Theatre Advisory Committee in
cooperation with the
Department of Recreation and Parks for
the City of Los
Angeles, hopes to restore the park to
its former glory
and to stabilize the barren slopes
after fires in May
2007 destroyed over 800 acres.
For more information, and to view other
photographs,
please visit my website: www.griffithparkfirephotos.com.
Or contact me directly at:
colin.brown@yahoo.com
Hopefully,
Colin Remas Brown
81 photos | 11,187 views
items are from between 15 May 2007 & 31 Mar 2008.