The Early Years
See: House of Calleja, Special Thanks, Victor B Caruana, Website Dedication, Words of My Father and Mother, Family Tree
The early years are a few images from of my older photography work, photographed about 30 years ago. I was inspired by the Master of the Decisive Moment and Black and white 35mm photography, Henri Cartier Brisson.Back then, I would walk the streets of San Francisco, in search of the Precise Moment, and would imagine Brisson's presence and I work with the old Canon F-1 camera with a 50mm lens and shot candid black and white available light photography.
The Patriarch is a portrait of My Father, Pacifico Calleja. Photographed on his Birthday at the age of 76 years. To those who knew him, he was the Living Testament of God's Love and Sacrifice
Japanese Tea Garden In San Francisco California 1981 - A Very Magical Place, It is where years later I would First Kiss My Lovely Genoveva