Patrick McPheron, an artist based in Los Angeles who is a native of Joplin, Missouri, put together this amazing video of century-old images from Joplin that deftly fades the images into current-day images from the same exact vantage point. https://youtu.be/aNLk6f3F7P8 Getting the new images from the same location must have been the most challenging part … Continue reading Joplin: then and now
Category: Photographs
Selfies on 66 campaign offers prizes
.@ILRoute66 wants your Route 66 selfies. Post shots to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram w/ #MyIL66 https://t.co/UgbYxDl4kK pic.twitter.com/cuFsKKI1LZ— The Daily Journal (@TDJnews) May 6, 2015 The Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway is encouraging travelers to post self-portrait photos with Route 66 landmarks with the possibility for prizes. The Selfieson66.com site provides the instructions: Take a "selfie" at … Continue reading Selfies on 66 campaign offers prizes
Travel Channel’s Route 66 episode of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
Someone has posted the Travel Channel's 40-minute episode of the behind-the-scenes shoot on Route 66 from the recently released Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. The formatting of the video is a bit odd, but it at least is good quality. https://youtu.be/1tNfCMENO58 Of note is the recently deceased Gary Turner at Gay Parita Sinclair station near Halltown, … Continue reading Travel Channel’s Route 66 episode of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
A listing of Route 66 sites used in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue -- which includes a prominent section about Route 66 -- hit the magazine's website Monday and was scheduled to be on newsstands this week. Here's a behind-the-scenes video from the magazine's Route 66 photo shoot: So far I've seen these landmarks in the shoot and other photos Sports Illustrated posted … Continue reading A listing of Route 66 sites used in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
Route 66 in selfies
Professional photographer Martin Hogeboom of the Netherlands took a series of self-portraits during a Route 66 motorcycle trip, then combined them into one video. See how many of the background locations you recognize: route 66. in selfies from Martin Hogeboom on Vimeo.
Pulitzer winner documented Route 66
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Edward Keating documented Route 66 beginning about 15 years ago in black-and-white images that often recalled the bleak Depression-era images of Dorothea Lange. Keating won the Pulitzer in 2002 for his photo coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City. He also spent 11 years on the Mother Road, documenting … Continue reading Pulitzer winner documented Route 66
Evidence of criminal activity in Cuervo?
A man whose hobby is exploring abandoned buildings found evidence in the Route 66 ghost town of Cuervo, New Mexico, that someone might be engaging in sex crimes. As it turns out, that evidence turned up at another site off Route 66 several miles west at another abandoned structure. According to a special report by … Continue reading Evidence of criminal activity in Cuervo?
Woman documenting every building on Albuquerque’s Route 66
An Italian woman who is a graduate student at the University of New Mexico is photographically documenting every building and landmark on Route 66 in Albuquerque, according to a story on the university's news service. Donatella Davanzo, a University of New Mexico graduate student, walks along some part of Route 66 in Albuquerque almost every … Continue reading Woman documenting every building on Albuquerque’s Route 66
British photographer to open Route 66 show
If you're a reader who lives in the United Kingdom (and my host reports there is a substantial number) and are itching to experience Route 66, an upcoming photography exhibition might whet your appetite even more. Martin Smith, a British fine-arts photographer, will open a show Tuesday at the Hertford Theatre in Hertford, England, featuring images from his … Continue reading British photographer to open Route 66 show
Route 66 photo exhibit opens in Tulsa on Friday
An exhibit by photographer Jessica Harvey, "Mother Road," opens Friday at the Hardesty Arts Center in downtown Tulsa, with noted "Route 66: The Mother Road" author and Route 66 Alliance co-founder Michael Wallis speaking during the exhibition's opening. According to a news release from the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa, Wallis mentored Harvey for her two-month solo journey … Continue reading Route 66 photo exhibit opens in Tulsa on Friday