A week ago, I was on the last leg of an epic three-week 7,150 mile road trip that took me from Charlottesville, Virginia, to the desert southwest to the Bonneville Salt Flats and back. It was a heck of a lot of fun.
Along the way, I drove along bits and pieces of the legendary Route 66. It was something of a scouting mission. Like every other photographer who has followed that historic highway, I was looking for cool things to photograph. I found plenty.
Sacred Heart Church, historic Route 66, Dilia, New Mexico. August 2011. [All photos copyright John Edwin Mason, 2011. Click on any of the images to see much larger versions.]
On this trip, I used my iPhone to keep a visual diary. (The photos here are from the phone.) I can't wait to go back and do justice to these churches -- and to the many other photographic delights on Route 66.
Abandoned church. Historic Route 66, New Mexico. August 2011.
On the other hand, I was surprised by how well the iPhone performed. I wouldn't want to make prints from the photos, but they look awfully good on a computer screen.
Church, historic Route 66, Oklahoma. August 2011.
In the coming days, I'll be posting more photos from Route 66 -- mostly in color and mostly of surviving examples of beautiful space-age architecture from the '50s. I hope you come back to see them.
Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, historic Route 66, Missouri. August 2011.
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