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Fred Herzog: Modern Color
Fred Herzog’s photographs bring mid-century city streets to life in ways few others achieved. Made primarily in the 1950s and 1960s, his images of Vancouver highlight storefronts, neon signs, cars, and everyday people. At a time when fine art photography was almost exclusively black and white, Herzog embraced Kodachrome. That choice gave his work a
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Golden Valley on Route 66: From Cool Springs to Ed’s Camp
On Route 66 through Golden Valley, Arizona, Cool Springs Station and the long-abandoned Ed’s Camp tell two very different stories. One has been rebuilt as a classic roadside stop, while the other lingers in ruin beneath an unnamed mesa. Together, they capture the spirit, struggle, and survival of travel across the Black Mountains.
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Recent Post
- Welcome to RetroHWY!
- American Photographs by Walker Evans (Museum of Modern Art)
- The Abandoned Security State Bank of Mounds, Illinois
- The Great American Retro Road Trip by Rolando Pujol
- Lesterville, Missouri General Store, More Than a Dot on the Map
- Route 66: The Mother Road by Michael Wallis
- Route 66’s Soulsby Shell Station: Still Standing in Mount Olive, IL
- Honk for Service, by Lou Ellen McGinley
- Neon Ghost on the Forgotten 66 – Nite Spot Café, Fairmont City, IL
- Finding Vivian Maier, a film by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
