Get your motor running: a history of the American road trip – in pictures
After the second world war, the American road trip became a cultural phenomenon, as artists journeyed across the States in search of inspiration. Here are some of the most iconic images by photographers who, down the decades, have treated the great American highway as a muse
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US 97, South of Klamath Falls, Oregon, 21 July 1973.
Photograph: Stephen Shore, Courtesy of the artist and 303 Gallery, New York
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Wires, 2008.
Photograph: Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs, Courtesy the artists and Raeber von Stenglin, Zurich and Peter Lav, Copenhagen
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Untitled, Alabama, 70s.
Photograph: Jacob Holdt, Courtesy of the artist
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Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1960.
Photograph: Inge Morath/Magnum Photos
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Outside Memphis, Tennessee, 1960.
Photograph: Inge Morath/Magnum Photos
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Highway entertainment at an Indian trading post before arriving at Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1960Photograph: Inge Morath/Magnum Photos
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Spare Some Gas, 2010.
Photograph: Justine Kurland, Courtesy Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery, New York
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Tires, 2006.
Photograph: Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs, Courtesy of the artists and Raeber von Stenglin, Zurich and Peter Lav, Copenhagen
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Stephen Shore, St Mary’s Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 16 August 1974.
Photograph: Stephen Shore, Courtesy of the artist and 303 Gallery, New York
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Broken Street Line, 2008.
Photograph: Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs, Courtesy the artists and Raeber von Stenglin, Zurich and Peter Lav, Copenhagen
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New Mexico, 1980Photograph: Bernard Plossu, Courtesy of the Artist and Eaton Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
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Justine Kurland, Claire, 8th Ward, 2012Photograph: Justine Kurland, Courtesy Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery, New York
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Indian cemetery near Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1960.
Photograph: Inge Morath/Magnum Photos
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#6097, 2007.
Photograph: Todd Hido, Courtesy the artist and Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, California
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Cherokee Village, North Carolina, 1960.
Photograph: Inge Morath/Magnum Photos
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