Typical American roadside monuments - in photographs

In the mid-70s, photographer Reed Estabruk cataloged his travels to the United States with a collection of stunning roadside photographs that he called "typical American" monuments. His work will be on display at the Joseph Bellouse Gallery in La Hoya, California, until November 27.

8 PHOTOS

1. Untitled, from the book "American Road Monuments" by Reed Estabruk. The photo is provided by the author.

2. "American Roadside Monuments - this is a story about a meeting of a Yankee child with the spaces of America and the American West."

3. “People of my generation usually traveled by car. By that time, as I graduated from college, I was two years old. "

4. “In 1971, when I first worked as a teacher at the University of Illinois, I was in the prairie. I could look out the window at my bedroom and see the Panama Limited train heading south from Chicago to New Orleans. The rails were six miles from here: smooth surface - softly spoken ».

5. "Every summer we escaped the tyranny of the greens, moving west, and these structures became dominant."

6. "These are literally" MONUMENTS ", often made by hand, typically American, associated with life and the lives of this place and sharply distinguished by the background of the blue sky."

7. Reed Estabruk studied at Harry Callahan's School of Design in Rhode Island and at Kena Josephson's School of Art Institute in Chicago. In 1974, he went to the University of Northern Iowa to develop a photography program.

8. His works are included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Fogga Art Museum, J. Paula Getty, and the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. He also participated in numerous personal and group exhibitions.