California Coastal Records Project

The project was an expansion of a 1997 effort to document the environmental degradation at San Simeon Point, California.

[6] Kenneth and Gabrielle Adelman were recipients of the 2004 Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography from the Sierra Club for their work on the project.

[7][8] The photographs were exhibited in 2003 at the Center for Land Use Interpretation, in a nearly ten-hour-long simulation of what they saw as they flew the length of the coast.

[4] Kenneth Adelman, the creator of the project, was sued in 2003 by Barbra Streisand, who claimed that he had infringed upon her privacy by displaying a photograph of her Malibu home.

Photos from this project have been used in scientific research, by news media, and by government agencies,[12] as well as by individuals for their own enjoyment.