# @fieldmag on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DFNlN8TxEeI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32482147-fieldmag-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-01-24T14:47:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Field Mag (@fieldmag) — https://gondola.cc/fieldmag

## Caption

For the first Film Friday of 2025 I’m sharing a handful of medium format photos I made last fall at The Sea Ranch. The Northern California community was established in 1964 with a vision of blending architecture and nature, and has become a worldwide destination for fellow lovers of good design and the great outdoors. Known for its iconic minimalist homes made from natural materials, the community was designed to preserve the stunning coastal environment and create harmony between people and the land.

With somewhere around 2,000 houses spread across 10 miles of breathtaking coastline, The Sea Ranch is ruled by core design principles (and an aggressive HOA) that creates an inspiring ethos for seamlessly integrating architecture and nature into one’s life. The full immersion was powerful. After just a few days surrounded by redwood and cedar, trail running, swimming in the ocean, watching peeling waves in cove after cove, I never wanted to leave. There to celebrate a birthday and mourn an election, it was the perfect place to bury our heads in the sand and ignore life outside the perfectly manicured community.

Upon leaving, I found reintegration into “the real world” disorienting. Everything seemed so ugly beyond the closed confines of The Sea Ranch. The peaceful escape served as both a reminder of the value of seeking simplicity and natural beauty in daily life, and a warning of how quickly our perspective can narrow when not challenged with the facts of real life. We cannot live in a dream. Though it sure is nice to visit // Photography by grahamisonline made with Fuji GA645 on #kodakportra400 film

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