“signs” is the longest of the themed projects I have going. It started around 1993 in Richmond, VA and really developed when i moved to Tempe, AZ in 1996. The American Southwest is (or was?) a hotbed for unique signage. Most of it at “mom and pop” establishments, and much of it has vanished with the influx of people to that area . The early images were originally 645 film photos which were digitized in the early 2000s. Most of the other images were made on

signs

cross country trips. On these trips I would make half the journey on whatever interstate highway made sense (for expedience sake) and the other half on a state or national road (for the images I could find.) If it was a round-trip, on the way back I would reverse the process, using state or national roads on the section where I had previously used interstate highways.