More research. Photos- Sam Horine

While looking for road trip videos and inspiration of that kind, I stumbled upon these photographs. Sam Horine hadn't been brought to my attention before, but I'm glad I've seen it now. He had to travel to Los Angeles to transport his work for a show there and on the way decided to document his journey and what he saw.

The images are largely compelling and definitely fit with the theme of what I wanted to look at for road journeys.



The text below is his...

"I recall the clean open sky against all the buildings that the wind and sun had bleached like the dry grass. I also remember the difficulties trying to remain inconspicuous driving around small towns at night in a moving van while putting my posters on buildings. The most striking moment of all had to be when we ventured off the interstate and through what appeared to be a graveyard of trailer park meth-labs, with firecracker-like marks on the foundations where the buildings had been and large meth-mouth billboards in the distance, eventually arriving in a biker town that's only visible rule was “Don’t Feed the Burros.” The arrival in Los Angeles seemed almost bleak compared to the majesty of the wide open road."


The feeling of just getting in a car and going where the road takes you is the sense of feeling I get when I look at these images, despite the fact that Horine had a set destination.