Vault VIII - Calico

Vault VIII Calico by Bodhi Del Mar - Australian artist. Calico was the largest silver mining town in California but in 1896, when silver lost it's value, Calico also lost it's population. The miners packed up, loaded their mules and moved away abandoning the town that once gave them a good living.  It became a "ghost town." Calico's ghosts slumbered on its barren desert hillside until 1951, when a man named Walter Knott decided to breath life back into the town, making it part historical and part amusement park. And so now reads the sign along it's main street, “"Nothing to frighten children or adults. It is simply amazing, amusing, and confusing."

This artwork is part of “The Vault Collection” - a selection of favourite images to celebrate my 10th Anniversary as a photographer and traveler. This image is from a road trip through Calico, California, USA in 2010.

Available in the following signed & numbered Limited Editions:

MEDIUM
Limited Edition of 50 + 1AP
76.2 x 46.9cm (image size) +5cm black border on each side

SMALL
Limited Edition of 100 + 1AP
50.8 x 31.3cm (image size) +4cm black border on each side

All artworks are sold unframed and ship rolled in a tube. Artworks are printed on demand to avoid waste and to ensure only the best quality. Processing times are up to two weeks.

5% of the sale from this artwork is donated to a local registered charity from where the original photograph was taken.