A new exhibition in California celebrates the ways in which 20th-century photographers have expanded and reshaped the image of life on the road
, bringing a bohemian twist to. “I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt.
The world was suddenly rich with possibility,” Kerouac wrote, his words evoking the deeply entrenched call for independence, freedom, and self-determination that form the hallmarks of American identity. The automobile was invented in 1885, right in the middle of the ‘Wild West’, a mythic era when rugged individuals cast their fortune on the frontier. They forged their own paths through unknown terrain, shaping the nation through a network of new roads and settlements that set the blueprint for land west of the Mississippi River. By the turn of the 20th century, the frontier had closed and in its place, car culture emerged.
With time and money to burn, teens transformed cars into vehicles for rebellion, personal expression and self-discovery. “It goes back to when we first got our driver’s licence, and I don’t think that [feeling] really ever changes., who has curated the new online exhibition
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