Melissa Lea, a jewelry designer and Route 66 photographer, earns an extended feature article about her life and times (so far) from her hometown newspaper, the Bedford (Ind.) Times-Mail. If you want to see her work, Melissa's Web site is here.
Category: Photographs
Route 66 photo exhibit in Arizona
In August, we reported about a story about Michael Campanelli's photo exhibit of sights along Route 66 that was displayed in Reno, Nev. Now Campanelli's photos are being displayed in the lobby of the Gherald R. Hoopes Jr. Activities Center at Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher, reports the Eastern Arizona Courier. Photos also are at … Continue reading Route 66 photo exhibit in Arizona
How to shoot night neon
Redforkhippiechick provides all the how-to on shooting Route 66 neon lights at night, and provides details on some of her own shots.
Route 66 blog roundup for Nov. 3
I haven't a blog roundup in a while, so here goes: Zinger at LiveJournal's Found Photos community blog has posted this and this from Roll 3 of photos a middle-aged couple's Route 66 trip. Vulpesrex writes a long road journal about a trip from Needles, Calif., to Peach Springs, Ariz. Kate goes to Albuquerque and … Continue reading Route 66 blog roundup for Nov. 3
Found photos from Route 66
A group of people on a LiveJournal community site called Found Photos looks for unwanted photos at antique stores and goodwill shops and posts them on the site. The results range from the mundane to a moment in time from a long-ago era. It's a fascinating site. One contributor, Zinger, tells about about the latest … Continue reading Found photos from Route 66
Pixar’s tribute to Route 66
Pixar Animation Studios, the lovely folks who gave us the "Cars" movie, has an employee by the screen name of Patrix who has a Flickr online photo account. One of the photos is of the Route 66 tribute at Pixar. The photo of it is here (warning: it's a big file and may take some … Continue reading Pixar’s tribute to Route 66
El Reno college to host a Route 66 event
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
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