Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert extends across a vast expanse of Southern California, encompassing the legendary Route 66 and the communities that rose and gradually faded along its path. President Eisenhower’s creation of the United States Interstate Highway System reshaped cross-country travel, drawing traffic away from the old highways and leaving many towns and gas stations to fall silent in the desert. Interstate 40 diverted travellers away from Route 66, leaving once-busy towns, motels and petrol stations exposed to decades of intense heat, relentless wind and shifting sand. Today, a number of these communities are being carefully revived, while many others remain evocative traces of the past, slowly reclaimed by the desert. This series explores the landscape from Barstow eastwards to the Arizona border.
Fine Art Prints