JOHN SCHOTT – ROUTE 66 MOTELS
2017-01-16In the summer of 1973, John Schott drove Route 66 from the Midwest to California and back, sleeping in his pick-up truck and photographing with an 8 x 10 inch Deardorf view camera. Among his subjects were the motels situated along this expanse of highway.
Route 66 Motels will present a key set of vintage prints that formed Schott’s series of topographic views of these small motels that punctuate this highway landscape, both in daylight and under the glow of artificial illumination. In this collection of vernacular forms, Schott describes a particular architectural structure, within a specific era, while subtly reminding his viewers that the road and its adjacent dwellings are part of what defines the landscape.
Opposite – Untitled, 1973
Exhibition runs through to February 10th, 2017
Joseph Bellows Gallery
7661 Girard Avenue
La Jolla
California
CA 92037
