Posted on 06/09/2016 11:39:42 AM PDT by PROCON
Full title: Farewell to John Margolies, who glorified the diners and motels of roadside America and left us 13,000 photos>
Travelers, let us now raise a glass--or perhaps a curvy old Coca-Cola bottle, freshly pried from a vintage service station fridge--to John Margolies, author, photographer, lecturer, road-trip royalty.
Before Margolies came along, there was a little less love in this country for drive-through doughnuts and neon sombreros. But Margolies, 76, who died of pneumonia on May 26 in New York, spent most of his adult life seeking, snapping and celebrating the commercial imagery of America’s Main Streets and blue highways.
His books, including ”Roadside America,” “Home Away From Home” and “Pump and Circumstance,” delve lovingly into an America of neon signage, threadbare motels, sun-baked gas stations, faded resorts in New York’s Catskills, drive-in theaters, miniature golf courses, and all manner of vernacular architecture and design.
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Great photos.
An invaluable portrait of a distinctive era.
A famous rock musician, can’t remember who unfortunately, might have been Clapton, commented on how when he first started touring the States, every region and city had a distinct look and feel, now it’s just all the same.
“now it’s just all the same.”
Yep, pretty much all the same and even the people are much less differentiated than in the past.
It makes me sad that pretty much ALL of this unique architecture is long gone.
I wish he took more night shots.
I'd love to see that neon in all of its glory.
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