Roadside - A Photographic Philosopy Roadside photographs permeate my projects. They always have. So, just what is roadside photography? It is probably just what you might have thought - taking photographs from along the road. But that description is a bit simplistic; here’s the rest. I have been selling photographs since 1990. Between then and now, I logged thousands of highway miles heading for one destination or another. The next great image would, no doubt, transpire when I got there. But in looking at my work over a two decade span, I have come to the realization that most of my better images shared a common characteristic - they were taken from a spot along the side of the road or other easily accessible area nearby. Whether by intent or luck, that has held true. This is not a romantic notion of the landscape photographer, at one with Nature, unbathed for days, risking life and limb emulating a mountain goat in order to satisfy a creative drive. In fact, in my own case, it is apparent that I have been most at one with my accelerator pedal and the gas station. The various paths my car and I have traveled are a roadmap to where the camera shutter has most often been triggered. Even in my best-known work, the agricultural landscapes of the photodocumentary, The Silent Harvest, most images were taken from where the road shoulder meets the land, not buried deep in someone’s orchard or field. What is presented in my work is a collection of landscape images taken from vantage points next to the road, on the road and, sometimes, hovering over the road. Never more than a few feet from asphalt or gravel, certainly, always in sight of my vehicle. As my aging, aching feet make roadside photography more of a necessity than a strategy, I will continue to showcase images with that emphasis. Whether on the roadsides near home or during my travels, that is now my photographic life. Back to Roadside America gallery.