Beginnings: A Journey Through Community

Editor's Note: Carole's photos have graced the pages of hundreds of Edible issues across North America. Here, we wanted to give you just a taste of the beauty she has captured over the years. 

When I was attending photography school in Santa Barbara, my intention was to concentrate on editorial, documentary photography. My very opinionated, then eighty-three-year-old Auntie Lydia, told me at the time that I should "shoot fruit." As usual, she was right. And as it turned out, Edible Ojai allowed me to do both. It was the beginning of a joyous exploration of the Ojai community as well as all of the other communities across North America I had the privilege to travel to and photograph.