"Roadside Altar" Project 2002 - Present { 20 images } Created 17 Sep 2020
“Roadside Altar Project”. 2002 to present.
This camera was my fifth camera project and the first camera that was built for one specific subject.
On a roadtrip through Mexico with some friends, I was intrigued by the great number elaborate roadside shrines we passed. I wanted to check them out, but everyone in the car refused to stop and they really didn’t even want to talk about them. The only acknowledgment of the shrines was silent, without a word the car would slow down to the speed limit as we passed them.
The Roadside Altar Camera is a 4”x5” film camera created to photograph roadside shrines. The camera is made from aircraft aluminum, car parts, bone, insects and other items I found on the side of the road near the site of a shrine.
From 2002 on, I’ve photographed over 200 roadside shrines all over the U.S., Mexico and India.
All the prints are analog gelatin silver, made in my darkroom, and signed, numbered and dated.
The Roadside Altar Project is owned by the ArtisanWorks Museum in Rochester, NY and is currently on display. @artisanworksny
This camera was my fifth camera project and the first camera that was built for one specific subject.
On a roadtrip through Mexico with some friends, I was intrigued by the great number elaborate roadside shrines we passed. I wanted to check them out, but everyone in the car refused to stop and they really didn’t even want to talk about them. The only acknowledgment of the shrines was silent, without a word the car would slow down to the speed limit as we passed them.
The Roadside Altar Camera is a 4”x5” film camera created to photograph roadside shrines. The camera is made from aircraft aluminum, car parts, bone, insects and other items I found on the side of the road near the site of a shrine.
From 2002 on, I’ve photographed over 200 roadside shrines all over the U.S., Mexico and India.
All the prints are analog gelatin silver, made in my darkroom, and signed, numbered and dated.
The Roadside Altar Project is owned by the ArtisanWorks Museum in Rochester, NY and is currently on display. @artisanworksny
