PATTERNS AND TONES

Ventura County Fair This summer, I started a new photographic series called "The County Fairs of California". I have attended 5 fairs so far this summer throughout California in the counties of Alameda, Kern, Los Angeles and Ventura. I attended the Antelope Valley Fair and Alfalfa Festival and was delighted to see the more rural and agricultural aspect of its fair. California's 23 county fairs are run by the Department of Food and Agriculture under the Division of Fairs & Expositions and been have traditionally been held to highlight each counties natural and agricultural resources. 4H Club Member at the Antelope Valley Fair & Alfalfa Festival The 4-H Club and Future Farmers of America embody this concept but at the county fairs I visited, these clubs were under represented. There were horses and bulls, sheep and pigs but I couldn't find representatives of these clubs anywhere. I was finally glad to see them at the Antelope Valley Fair and Alf...