Ongoing project
This ongoing documentary series explores the everyday life and evolving identity of California’s Central Coast – a region defined as much by its natural beauty as by the tensions beneath its surface. Stretching from agricultural fields in the Salinas Valley to the fishing harbors of Moss Landing and the tourist-heavy boardwalks of Santa Cruz, this region is a convergence point for labor, leisure, tradition, and development.
The Central Coast has long balanced competing forces: working-class communities and recreational tourism, environmental conservation and industrial growth, cultural heritage and economic pressure. Its evolution is shaped not by a single narrative, but by continuous negotiations – between who the region is for, what it produces, and how it’s experienced. This series captures those intersections and tensions through candid, unscripted moments – offering a visual record of a place in motion.
