A University of Tulsa photographer’s unique work featuring Route 66 landmarks past and present will be displayed from starting 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at Dreamer Concepts at 324 E. Main St. in Norman, Okla. The photos will be there until June 3.
Natalie Slater is a grad student at TU and is pursuing a master’s degree in fine arts and photography. A news release explains her exhibit at Dreamer:
Her collection of photographs, titled “The Mother Road: Revisited” consists of photographs taken in the 1950s combined with photographs from modern day Route 66. After pinpointing the exact location of the 1950s images and taking photographs of the present locations, Slater has then combined and manipulated the two images to create something that speaks to the changes brought by the last half century.
“The biggest hurdle is finding the exact location each 1950 photograph was taken,” Slater said. “After the location is realized and the new photograph has been made the real magic begins. This project is an effort to show what America has done to its once booming American symbol, ‘The Mother Road.’”
Here’s one of the photographs from the exhibit, juxtaposing an old image of Tulsa’s old Meadow Gold sign (which still exists) with a modern-day street and vehicles:
A magazine of these photographs can be purchased, or downloaded for free, here. It’s worth seeing, including a past-and-present image of Tulsa’s Warehouse Market building.
(Hat tip: Jennifer Day, Oklahoma Historical Society)
very cool! Those are similar to a Springfield IL photographer whom has a website http://www.springfieldrewind.com