Somewhere Along the Line by Joshua Dudley Greer

Issue 132

From 2011 to 2017 I traveled over 100,000 miles by car, focusing my camera on the massive network of superhighways that has become ubiquitous throughout the United States. Rather than moving quickly through these spaces I made the decision to slowly and deliberately dwell within them, looking at the road as a stage where narratives play out and opposing forces often intersect. The boundaries that line these roadways, whether real or imagined, are examined by looking at the separations between public and private space, privilege and need, the individual and the collective, and the countervailing ideas of home and escape.

The resulting compilation of photographs depicts the state of America’s infrastructure as a physical manifestation of its economic, social and environmental circumstances in unforeseen moments of humor, pathos and humanity.

Joshua Dudley Greer lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia.
To view more of Joshua’s work, please visit his website.

Page, Arizona, 2013

Page, Arizona, 2013

 
Fairbanks, Alaska, 2015

Fairbanks, Alaska, 2015

 
Interstate 75, near Lenox, Georgia, 2014

Interstate 75, near Lenox, Georgia, 2014

 
Coachella, California, 2014

Coachella, California, 2014

 
Interstate 26, near Mars Hill, NC, 2013

Interstate 26, near Mars Hill, NC, 2013

 
Interstate H1, near Honolulu, Hawaii, 2017

Interstate H1, near Honolulu, Hawaii, 2017

 
Tok, Alaska, 2015

Tok, Alaska, 2015

 
Interstate 70, near Salina, Kansas, 2014.

Interstate 70, near Salina, Kansas, 2014.

 
Barstow, California, 2017

Barstow, California, 2017

 
U.S. Highway 80, between Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, 2015

U.S. Highway 80, between Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, 2015

 
Greer River, Wyoming, 2014

Greer River, Wyoming, 2014

 
Interstate 83, Baltimore, Maryland, 2014

Interstate 83, Baltimore, Maryland, 2014

 
U.S. Highway 90, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2015

U.S. Highway 90, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2015

 
Interstates 30 and 35, Dallas, Texas, 2016

Interstates 30 and 35, Dallas, Texas, 2016

 
Oak Grove, Kentucky, 2017

Oak Grove, Kentucky, 2017

 
Elkview, West Virginia, 2017

Elkview, West Virginia, 2017

 
Mill City, Nevada, 2015

Mill City, Nevada, 2015

 
Interstate 8, near Yuma, Arizona, 2016

Interstate 8, near Yuma, Arizona, 2016

 
CA Highway 58, near Tehachapi, California, 2017

CA Highway 58, near Tehachapi, California, 2017

 
Lewiston, Idaho, 2015

Lewiston, Idaho, 2015