I recently completed a book that is a collection of photographs taken along the stretch of Route 66 from Moriarty, NM to Topock, AZ taken during a road trip in September , 2022. More than just a book of photographs, the book is a story of reflection and discovery. Many of the places we went
Vanity or business? Or quest? Or maybe a little of all of the above. I hope that people look at my photographs and provide some feedback that will help me to learn more about about my own art – but more important about my own quest.
A couple of days ago, I was watching a documentary on Ansel Adams (which was awesome by the way). In the documentary, I learned about a letter that Adams wrote to his friend Cedric Wright
“I love the people I photograph. I mean, they’re my friends. I’ve never met most of them or I don’t know them at all, yet through my images I live with them.” Bruce Gilden