Natalie Slater's "The Mother Road Revisited" photography project, where she melds old images of Route 66 with modern-day ones, opens Friday at Living Arts of Tulsa. Living Arts is at 307 E. Brady St. (map) in Tulsa's Brady District. The opening reception that day runs from 6 to 9 p.m. The Dilly Deli restaurant a … Continue reading Mother Road Revisited exhibition opens Friday
Category: Photographs
A new way of seeing the Santa Monica Pier
I'll bet you've never seen the Santa Monica Pier this way before: Santa Monica Airlines from robert mcintosh on Vimeo. The video was created by Robert Macintosh, who specializes in aerial photography. When asked how he threaded the camera through the Ferris Wheel, he confessed: “I just held my breath and tried not to blink.” … Continue reading A new way of seeing the Santa Monica Pier
Tucumcari used for fashion photo spread by Marie Claire magazine
In December, French fashion photographer Thierry Le Goues, model Katelyn Pascavis, and a large crew from Dodge Burn Foto descended on the Route 66 town of Tucumcari, N.M., and its landmark Blue Swallow Motel for several days for a photo shoot for Marie Claire magazine. Le Goues and his crew shot all over Route 66 in … Continue reading Tucumcari used for fashion photo spread by Marie Claire magazine
Google Maps Street View comes to the Grand Canyon
Route 66 fans often use Street View on Google Maps to vicariously travel the Mother Road, as this demonstration video from 2010 shows: https://youtu.be/PTeCqnBuDdU Now, Street View has arrived at one of the most popular side trips for Route 66 travelers -- Grand Canyon National Park. According to Google's official blog today, Google Maps now … Continue reading Google Maps Street View comes to the Grand Canyon
A Route 66 video postcard of Oklahoma
This well-done video about Route 66 in Oklahoma was posted a few days ago by Richard Cox of Oklahoma City-based Cimarron Photography and Design. The description says it's a "very small preview" of what Cox called a Route 66 Video Postcard. I emailed Cox at Cimarron for more details, but received no response. So your … Continue reading A Route 66 video postcard of Oklahoma
Update on the “Mother Road Revisited” project
Natalie Slater posted this video update about her then-and-now "Mother Road Revisited" photography project, including an exhibition coming to Tulsa in April 2013. Route 66 The Mother Road Revisited - Then and Now from utulsa on Vimeo.
Route 66 in six minutes
Motorcycle tour guide Gary Behr posted this video of a series of quasi-time-lapse photos from Richard Alexander's mounted GoPro camera. The images come from Route 66 (and a side trip or two) from Chicago to Victorville, Calif. -- about 2,600 miles worth. https://youtu.be/cOPH1Pc-X2c Behr has a blog here.
Route 66 in three minutes
Want to take a really fast journey on the Mother Road? This time-lapse video from DeFrees Productions will get you from Chicago to Santa Monica Pier in about 200 seconds, give or take. https://youtu.be/ufx-_98fmCU The video was shot in August, and kudos for DeFrees for driving on many older alignments of Route 66. At its … Continue reading Route 66 in three minutes
How “Route 66 American Icon” was published
Shannon Richardson explained the genesis and production of his self-published photography book, "Route 66 American Icon," during a seminar a few weeks ago at B&H Photo in New York City. The video is more than an hour, but prospective authors and photographers probably will find his experiences and advice helpful. https://youtu.be/CUiBO5YS7Dw "Route 66 American Icon" … Continue reading How “Route 66 American Icon” was published
A different kind of time-lapse trip
Shaun Callahan recently took a trip from Baltimore to Santa Monica, Calif., much of it on Route 66. This clip shows the trip in a time-lapse mode, but with a twist -- he periodically superimposes images of landmarks from the Mother Road. Route 66 in 6 Minutes and 66 Seconds from Shaun Callahan on Vimeo.