Roadside America - From Arizona to New Mexico and California
Roadside America in the southwest of the USA has a peculiar but overwhelming charm. Driving on its highways takes the traveler to outstanding, well-known landscapes but also through fascinating semi-deserts. Population is sparse, and one frequently encounters abandoned settlements bearing testimony of a long-perished mining industry and foundered businesses. Along scenic byways one comes across abandoned gas stations and motels that are no longer accessible from the presently used Interstate roads. In some cases, the modern road system has cut whole villages off their lifelines, sentencing them to abandonment and decay. My series on Roadside America started in the summer of 2009 and continued in 2016. The photos shown in this series were taken in August 2016 in Arizona, New Mexico and California. One photo of the series won the travel category of the Sony World Photography Award (SWPA) 2017 and the Germany National Award within the SWPA. Please watch my other America pages here to see the whole series and see also https://graef-photography.de/index.php/galleries/roadside-america
Roadside America in the southwest of the USA has a peculiar but overwhelming charm. Driving on its highways takes the traveler to outstanding, well-known landscapes but also through fascinating semi-deserts. Population is sparse, and one frequently encounters abandoned settlements bearing testimony of a long-perished mining industry and foundered businesses. Along scenic byways one comes across abandoned gas stations and motels that are no longer accessible from the presently used Interstate roads. In some cases, the modern road system has cut whole villages off their lifelines, sentencing them to abandonment and decay. My series on Roadside America started in the summer of 2009 and continued in 2016. The photos shown in this series were taken in August 2016 in Arizona, New Mexico and California. One photo of the series won the travel category of the Sony World Photography Award (SWPA) 2017 and the Germany National Award within the SWPA. Please watch my other America pages here to see the whole series and see also https://graef-photography.de/index.php/galleries/roadside-america
Big Cowboy is Watching You
No Tire Repair
Toro Loco Food and Gas
Sonoran Decay
Roadside Specialities
Rec Van
Bird on the Wire
Separ Diesel Is Gone
Rail to the West
Along the Wires
Edsel in the Field
Stay Off Dinosaur
Hunting Tourists
The Gas Guards
Blue Sedan
Old Pumps Waiting
Assembly of Cars that Run
Roadside Wrecks
Roadrunner's Retreat
Valley Theater
Amboy, California
Time for Coffee
