Author: RJ

  • The Great American Retro Road Trip by Rolando Pujol

    The Great American Retro Road Trip by Rolando Pujol

    Spotlight on The Great American Retro Road Trip This week on Roadside Reads and Reels we are spotlighting The Great American Retro Road Trip by Rolando Pujol. As someone who’s spent years documenting the fading glow of roadside Americana, I found this book to be more than just another photo collection. Instead, it feels like

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  • The Abandoned Security State Bank of Mounds, Illinois

    The Abandoned Security State Bank of Mounds, Illinois

    The words Security State Bank etched above the doorway, a quiet reminder of when business still flowed through these streets. Photographed May 20, 2020 © RJL Creative LLC. Use without permission is strictly prohibited. A gray sky and a hunch I wasn’t planning on stopping in Mounds that afternoon. However, the back roads of southeastern

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