Beneath the Manhattan Beach Pier in Southern California, columns are smoothed and worn away from years of salt water erosion. Patches of paint are the visible beginnings of a city-wide graffiti cover-up project.
Michael Valdez is a Southern California-based fine-art photographer. He travels extensively shooting urban and rural landscapes, abstracts and collages. We all see the world a little differently based on our individuality and the spirit of his photography aims to reflect this.