Icons of the Highway: A Celebration of Small-Town America - Couverture rigide

Worobiec, Tony; Worobiec, Eva

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1904332781 ISBN 13 : 9781904332787

Editeur : AAPPL Artists & Photographers Press Limited, 2008

Synopsis

Icons of the Highway Tony and Eva Worobiec once again take to the road to create a beautiful photographic essay about an America that's fast fading away.Often when we think of the United States, we remember the things that once set it apart visually: the flamboyant oversized cars, ubiquitous diners, bright neon lighting, large city hotels that figured so prominently in Hopper paintings, and the once-uniquely American motel. Sadly, these are now in steady decline. In this collection of outstanding images, the Worobiecs capture the magic that remains, on journeys ranging from the far north--the High Line at the Canadian border--across the high plains to the desert towns of Ari...

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Often when people think of America, the image of the roadside motel with bright, audacious neon lighting invariably comes to mind. The 50s, a decade immortalised by the classic cult movie, American Graffiti, was perhaps the pinnacle of this fabulaous indulgence. But much of what people associate with this particular slice of America life is now in steady decline. In this collection, husband and wife Tony and Eva Worobiec capture, in outsdanding photography, the magic that remains - from the High Line motel at the Canadian border to the desert town of Arizona and New Mexico.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: AAPPL Artists & Photographers Press Limited
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1904332781
• ISBN 13: 9781904332787
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 128