The "Cruisin' Route 66: Sample the Good Life" event will be hosted by Redlands Community College in El Reno, Okla., on Oct. 27. First, photographer and author Shellee Graham will display her "Return to Route 66: Photographs from the Mother Road" from 11 a.m. to noon in the college's Fine Art Gallery. From noon to … Continue reading El Reno college to host a Route 66 event
Category: Photographs
Route 66 photographer’s work will be exhibited
Photographer Blake Shaw informs me that an exhibit featuring his work, "Colors of the Past: Photographs Along Route 66," will run from Oct. 19 to Nov. 12 at Ordover Gallery at 444 S. Cedros St. in Solana Beach, Calif. It includes a reception from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 19. Shaw tells me: A few … Continue reading Route 66 photographer’s work will be exhibited
Photo of Route 66 business wins recognition
Two Bureau of Land Management-California employees were honored at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington last week for public land photography, according to the bureau's newsletter. One of them was Steve Razo (left in above photo), whose photo of Roy's in Amboy was one of the recognized images. Razo's photo is of a well-preserved section of … Continue reading Photo of Route 66 business wins recognition
Overkill security
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, there's this story from the Joliet (Ill.) Herald News. Travelers along Old Route 66 sometimes stop to shoot photos of the nuclear power plant in Braidwood. But they're likely to face questioning by police or plant security. Heightened surveillance around Exelon Nuclear's Braidwood Station is … Continue reading Overkill security
“America on the Move” photos
Road warrior Tim Steil was in Washington, D.C., last week with his kid to see the Smithsonian's "America on the Move" exhibit before that part of the museum closes Sept. 4 for a two-year renovation. He e-mailed me a few photos from it. Here's a 1930s section of Route 66 from western Oklahoma. Steil wrote: … Continue reading “America on the Move” photos
Your own Route 66 wallpaper
Johnny Mango of Albloggerque has attempted to re-create the old-fashioned postcard look of Route 66 in downtown Albuquerque. It's available as desktop wallpaper here.
An excellent likeness
OpenThreads, who like me has an account on Flickr, attempted to re-create Ernst Hass' famous photograph of Central Avenue, aka Route 66, that was published in Life magazine in 1969. Here's the original: Here's OpenThreads' re-creation, in the year 2006: Not bad, huh? Here's OpenThreads' full-size version of the image. In case, you're wondering, that … Continue reading An excellent likeness
New Route 66 photography site
In the last few weeks, Studiobrian of Chicago has set up a Route 66 blog to highlight the photographs he's taken along the Mother Road, which he has Photoshopped nicely into art-quality images. Studiobrian writes: the artwork here was inspired from my travels along route 66...I assume that those who find their way to this … Continue reading New Route 66 photography site
More photos from the Triangle Motel work day
Marvin, an Amarillo photographer, was there Saturday shooting photos at the Triangle Motel's work day. The gallery is here.
Route 66 photo exhibit on display in Nevada casino
Photographer Michael Campanelli drove the length of Route 66 and took more than 1,000 photos. He chose 166 of the best ones, and they are now on display at John Ascuaga's Nugget in Sparks, Nev., during the Hot August Nights weeklong celebration. The Reno Gazette-Journal has the story.