The nostalgia-inducing Route 66 has been a pop culture darling in the U.S. for decades. But photographer Jeff Sonnabend’s latest photo series presents a more grounded and realistic view of the renowned roadway.
. The online magazine tasked Sonnabend with documenting America and Americans, or more specifically “showing America to Americans”. He then traveled around the U.S., collecting stories and snapshots of the people in the country. But in 2020, with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sonnabend needed to find a new approach to his work, and impassioned, he began to explore new ideas.
“I want viewers to walk away from the photos with an understanding that Route 66 today, in the here-and-now, is not a stretched-out Americana-themed attraction or merely a “look where we are” Instagram background. Nostalgia and reminiscence have their place in the human condition, but Route 66 is a real place today, with real people living real lives in a variety of different environments,” Sonnabend says.
“If I ask permission and don’t receive it, I don’t take the photographs. Surprisingly, though, many initial refusals turn to consent after a brief, casual chat – no argument or attempt to convince anyone of anything, just simple person-to-person conversation. It’s wonderful.” Sonnabend’s images show big cities, rural farmlands, and middle-class suburbia. Viewers of this project are presented with seeing wealth and poverty, new and the decaying old, and simply experiencing “a microcosm of America, writ large”
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