A little over three decades years ago, photographer Quinta Scott was learning how to use a recently purchased but unwieldy Speed Graphic camera. After shooting a photo at the historic Eads Bridge in St. Louis for a book, she made the fateful decision to also shoot photographs along the city's Route 66 alignment of Watson … Continue reading A chat with Quinta Scott
Category: Photographs
Notes from the road
The Tulsa World reported that longtime Route 66 business McElroy Tire, at 1545 E. 11th St., will close at year's end. It had been there since the early 1930s, but company President Kent McElroy said the firm had been squeezed financially by national tire chains and discount stores. McElroy Tire is notable for its big … Continue reading Notes from the road
A visit to La Posada
This slide show posted on YouTube turns out to be a good overview of the historic La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Ariz.
Notes from the road
I'm playing a bit of catch-up, ever since I left town this past weekend to see Bob Waldmire's Last Art Show. Here are a few things of interest to roadies ... -- The Route 66 Marathon in Tulsa this year was a doozy, with more than 7,000 runners participating, along with 60 classic cars and … Continue reading Notes from the road
From Big River to the ocean
Here's one of the best slide shows I've seen on YouTube in a long time. Mixing a few older photos, it's a travelogue of Route 66 from about St. Louis to the Pacific. Music is "Route 66," by Nat King Cole.
“The Road Song”
Here's a haunting song by Mel Shaker, who is photographed by Edward Mance among the ruins of abandoned properties along Route 66. An index of more of Mance's photos of Shaker along Route 66 can be seen here. The photos reportedly will be part of a book titled "Route 66 Abandoned."
Nice sunset
The Southwest regularly has vivid sunsets, as Sandi Wheaton's time-lapse photos from the Texas Panhandle show: This is part of Wheaton's Picture Route 66 project.
Photographers on the road
By now, you've probably read about photographer Sandi Wheaton and her journey to document Route 66 with a series of time-lapse images. She's in the Texas Panhandle now. But there are other photographers who are traveling the road or who recently did so. One is Steven Brett Stoddart, who is traveling the Mother Road from … Continue reading Photographers on the road
Photographer’s journey gets attention
For nearly three weeks, I've been following Sandi Wheaton's blog about her photographic trip down Route 66 at PictureRoute66.com (her post about her colorful time at the Elbow Inn in Devil's Elbow, Mo., was particularly memorable). It looks like the local media in Oklahoma City caught up with her in a big way this week. … Continue reading Photographer’s journey gets attention
Book review: “A Visual Journey Down America’s Main Street”
Photographer Stephen Giangreco, based in Lenexa, Kan., is a fan of old vehicles, has been shooting images of Route 66 for years, and has a Web site called Route66Forever.com. Giangreco has just published a fine-art book of his choicest Mother Road images titled "A Visual Journey Down America's Main Street" (118 pages, self-published, $66 hardcover, … Continue reading Book review: “A Visual Journey Down America’s Main Street”