Bodie Ghost Town, by Masja Stolk

Bodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, USA. Bodie began as a mining camp of little note following the discovery of gold in 1859 by a group of prospectors including W.S. Bodey. The town is now an authentic wild west ghost town. This photo was taken in summer of 2009 while i was on a family holiday.

Canon EOS D400 | Focal length 18mm | aperture f/2.8 | shutter 1/30sec | ISO 100
Bodie Ghost Town, by Masja Stolk

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | September 10
Photo of the Day Award Category: Travel Photography
Photograph Location: California | The United States

Photographer: Masja Stolk (Gouda, Netherlands) Registered
Masja Stolk is a passionate photographer from central Gouda. After 15 years hard work as a hairstylist she started her real love, photography. She has also complete school of photography. Masja work consists primarily o fadvertising and reportage photography, where she has specialized in portrait photography. Since 2006 she regularly form a creative team of art director Erwin Bik and work for various clients. Its sometimes just a photo shoot, sometimes just a logo, a style sometimes with all the trimmings. But it always comes down to ideas into images. Images that speak, stand, or just feelings reinforce a combination there of. Masja is very fond of traveling and goes two times a year on non-profit basis to other countries to make reports for charities, in addition she also likes to travel with her family.
Last year Masja went for st. Macheo to Kenya and have made pictures of projects in the slums and schools, and there she made ​​a nice report. She is also been to Bangladesh to photography disabled children to draw attention in west Europe to this group of children that really can use some help.

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