Photographed just off Route 66 in Seligman, Arizona, this image captures a row of rusting vintage cars left along the roadside. Once part of the steady stream of travelers crossing the Southwest, these vehicles now rest quietly in the desert heat — reminders of how the highway shaped, and then outlasted, its own golden age.
Created using the wet plate collodion process, the photograph records every flake of rust and faded line of paint with striking detail. The hand-poured glass plate renders the surfaces with a tactile quality that digital photography can’t replicate — each scratch and dent telling its own small piece of history.
Part of the NomadType Route 66 series, Roadside Relics preserves what remains of the Mother Road’s past: the machines, signs, and structures that have become monuments to travel, endurance, and the slow beauty of decay.
Photographed just off Route 66 in Seligman, Arizona, this image captures a row of rusting vintage cars left along the roadside. Once part of the steady stream of travelers crossing the Southwest, these vehicles now rest quietly in the desert heat — reminders of how the highway shaped, and then outlasted, its own golden age.
Created using the wet plate collodion process, the photograph records every flake of rust and faded line of paint with striking detail. The hand-poured glass plate renders the surfaces with a tactile quality that digital photography can’t replicate — each scratch and dent telling its own small piece of history.
Part of the NomadType Route 66 series, Roadside Relics preserves what remains of the Mother Road’s past: the machines, signs, and structures that have become monuments to travel, endurance, and the slow beauty of decay.
