Newport Beach A Photographic Portrait Author:Melanie Aves Newport Beach is best known as California's first and finest yachting and recreational harbor, but over the past forty years it has enjoyed phenomenal economic growth and has become one of the most sought after residential addressed in the nation as well as a popular tourist destination. Newport Beach: A Photographic Portrait endeavors to expres... more »s the essential qualities of this seaside community as they are viewed and recorded by area photographers.« less