Pop 66: A Dreamy Pop Can-camera Odyssey Along Route 66

“The pop cans have been my collaborators on this journey. They seem to make their own decisions and they almost always create images that are different than the ones I planned. All put together, the images in this book are much like the route itself – they are little fragments that add up to tell a story about who we once were and who we are now.”

— Wes Pope

FOREWORD BY MICHAEL WALLIS
“Wes Pope has become a hunter of ghosts. He does not seek the ghosts of folklore or imagination. He searches for the familiar and iconic sights and faces along the winding road, but interprets them in a completely original way. Mostly, he looks for forgotten and often neglected people and places that somehow linger and persevere against the odds. Route 66 is revealed in a true and authentic light.”

What do aging beauty queens, modern day cowboys, aliens, and Roy Rogers all have in common? Route 66.

Photographer Wes Pope's book, Pop 66 is comprised of amazing photographs made entirely by pinhole cameras (camera obscura) constructed from pop cans. This technique, more than a century old, helped the author create a dreamy and surreal visual narrative for his adventures along America's legendary Route 66. "Perhaps this is the best way to photograph a road trip. The images are blurred and distorted, just like memories. And the sequence conveys something like the America of our dreams."

- Claire O'Neill / NPR

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