You have to like a couple that uses three Route 66 landmarks in Arcadia, Okla., as the backdrop of their engagement photos -- the Round Barn, Pops, and the closed Hillbillee's complex. https://vimeo.com/41088467 The video and photos are by Blue Elephant Photography. More about the photo shoot is here. And I know for a fact … Continue reading A Route 66 engagement
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Book review: “Arizona Kicks on Route 66”
"Arizona Kicks on Route 66" isn't strictly a gorgeous photo book. Nor is it strictly a guide to the historic's highway's attractions in Arizona. Nor is it a collection of stories about Route 66's past and present in that state. It is all of these things. That makes "Arizona Kicks on Route 66" (92 pages, … Continue reading Book review: “Arizona Kicks on Route 66”
Notes from the Red Fork Revival
The Tulsa Young Professionals put on the Tulsa StreetCRED-Red Fork Revival in southwest Tulsa over the weekend. Like it attempted with the Pearl District east of downtown a year ago, it was designed to bring renewed interest and economic activity to an often-overlooked area. The event was spread out over the Route 66 Village, downtown Red … Continue reading Notes from the Red Fork Revival
Route 66 in 3-D
Well, this video from France isn't really in a three-dimensional format. But it does contain a few images that use subtle motion -- especially with clouds -- to create a 3-D effect: SUR LA ROUTE 66 EN 3D by christophe-geral (Hat tip: The Motels on Route 66)
“Route 66 Sightings” nominated for state book award
"Route 66 Sightings," the photography book about the Mother Road assembled and designed by Jim Ross, Shellee Graham, and Jerry McClanahan, has become a finalist for the 2012 Oklahoma Book Awards in the illustration and design category, according to the Tulsa World. Nominees must have an Oklahoma theme, or be produced by current or former … Continue reading “Route 66 Sightings” nominated for state book award
Route 66 photo exhibit soon will open in Pasadena
Photographer Rick Yenofsky of Arcadia, Calif., will display images of the Mother Road in Southern California with "Getting There - Old Places on Route 66, Planes, Trains, Ships & Automobiles: Modern and Historic" at Colonnade Art Gallery and Studio in Pasadena. The exhibit starts March 3. The Pasadena Star-News reports: Yenofsky traveled from downtown Los Angeles through … Continue reading Route 66 photo exhibit soon will open in Pasadena
Tulsa photo store will host Route 66 exhibit
Apertures, a photography store in Tulsa, is hosting a "Photographing the Mother Road: A Trip Down Route 66" exhibit starting Friday. The opening reception for the event will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. Apertures President Natalie Green wrote on the Apertures website: On October 15, 2011 at 7:30 a.m., 17 photographers loaded a … Continue reading Tulsa photo store will host Route 66 exhibit
Kickstarter campaign begun for U.S. 40 book
Frank Brusca, a longtime researcher of U.S. 40, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help finish a book about the historic highway he's been working on for decades. This is a little off-topic, but Route 66 fans often are fans of other historic highways, including U.S. 40, aka the National Road. Brusca also has inspired … Continue reading Kickstarter campaign begun for U.S. 40 book
Time-lapse road trip
If you've got time to kill, you can watch this 76-minute video by Chris Gillham using time-lapse photography of a Route 66 trip from St. Louis to Santa Monica, then St. Louis to Chicago, in a 1965 Pontiac Parisienne convertible. The camera he mounted shot an image every 10 seconds. The Route 66 trip was … Continue reading Time-lapse road trip
A Route 66 app that takes you there … with limits
Italian photographer Carlo Pinasco recently launched an application, "Image Route 66," for iPads, iTouches, and iPhones that contains more than 200 high-resolution images from a Route 66 road trip he took in May. With it, you can take a virtual trip down the Mother Road. But the most intriguing part of the app is each photograph … Continue reading A Route 66 app that takes you there … with limits