Purvis, Route 55, Mississippi © Amy SteinFriday morning I am flying to New Orleans to begin the final leg of my Stranded project. The series began in NOLA over three years ago as a response to Katrina and the flooding of the city. Since that time I have logged thousands of miles on the road as our country has suffered through a series of corruptions and failures of our traditional institutions
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Showing posts with label Roadtrip. Show all posts
Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Monday, 13 October 2008
The End of the Stranded Midwest Tour 2008
Posted on 12:23 by election
Ghetto school in East St. Louis © Jacob HoldtYesterday was brutal. We drove from St Louis to Chicago (298 miles) and found only one situation to shoot. Definitely not the best way to end a 1,500 mile search for stranded motorists. Normally I would be completely frustrated, but this project is all about the collapse of certainty in America during the second term of the Bush administration, so
Friday, 10 October 2008
Greetings From Kansas City
Posted on 21:02 by election
B.B.'s Lawnside BBQ, Kansas City, MOWe've spent the past three days on the road working on my Stranded project. On Wednesday we flew into Milwaukee, rented a car, and where off on big loop of the Midwest. From Milwaukee we drove straight to Minneapolis then to Des Moines and then to Kansas City. Up until today the trip has been a bit of stranded motorist bust. From Milwaukee to Minneapolis (
Tuesday, 21 August 2007
Greetings from New York City...Sigh
Posted on 12:13 by election
It's strange how one day you find yourself at the apex of mental and spiritual satisfaction stretching out in the vast unspoiled beauty of Mendocino County and the next day your joy is stripped clean to the bone as you fight with your fellow New Yorkers for an extra inch of space on the AirTrain from JFK. New York is all about compression and I realize now more than ever that my future may
Friday, 17 August 2007
Greetings from Point Arena, California
Posted on 22:27 by election
Another long day of traveling through beautiful country. We only ran into one stranded motorist, but I think the photos will be great. Possibly a triptych. Normally I would be disappointed after driving for an entire day and only shooting one situation, but this trip was just too amazing to complain. We started in Eureka down Highway 101 toward the Avenue of the Giants. Standing in the
Thursday, 16 August 2007
Greetings from Eureka, California
Posted on 22:54 by election
5th Street and Broadway, Eureka, CA © Stephen ShoreWhat a haul. Today we traveled the length of Oregon on Interstate 5, across to Crescent City on Highway 199, and down the Redwood Highway to Eureka. Along the way we photographed five stranded motorists including a one-legged hippie named Josh in Humboldt County. All day long the light was perfect and each situation proved better than the
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
Greetings from Portland, Oregon
Posted on 10:16 by election
We rolled into the Rose City yesterday after a hike through Oneonta Gorge and a stop at the Edgefield for a couple of beers. We found a couple of stranded motorist, but the next couple of days are all about exploring Portland and taking a rest from photography. Last night we hung out in the Hawthorne neighborhood with the fabulously talented Corey Arnold and crashed at his home for the night.
Monday, 13 August 2007
Greatings from Cascade Locks, Oregon
Posted on 22:19 by election
Another long drive today, but the stranded business was good. We left Boise and found a couple stuck under an overpass not ten minutes later. The photos from this shoot should be a little different and I am excited to print them. A short while later we saw a woman and her children stuck in the east bound lane of I-84. We were heading west bound. As is often the case with my Stranded trips I
Greetings from Boise, Idaho
Posted on 08:39 by election
Long day yesterday. We drove from Winnemucca, Nevada, to Wells, Nevada, and then up Twin Falls, Idaho, and west to Boise. Many miles and only three stranded motorists. We did stop at the Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls and saw the site of Evil Knievel's 1974 jump attempt. There is a lot of beautiful open land out here, but not many stranded motorists. Today we are going to poke around Boise
Saturday, 11 August 2007
Greetings from Winnemucca, Nevada
Posted on 23:19 by election
What a day on the road. Here's a quick recap: Last night we arrived in San Francisco around midnight, rented a car, and headed east toward Sacramento. The plan was to drive for about an hour and then find a hotel. Just outside of Richmond we hit a major traffic jam and only made it to Vallejo. You have to love California.This morning we left Vallejo and made our way through Folsom. Funny,
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