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Thomas Hoepker was 27 years old when he embarked on his ambitious journey across the United States, which took him from coast to coast and back again over the course of three months and resulted in thousands of photographs. It was 1963, and Hoepker had been commissioned by the German magazine *Kristall* to “discover” America through his camera. The photo essays he produced, published across dozens of pages in five issues of the magazine, revealed Hoepker’s complex, skeptical, and at times melancholic view of everyday American life—in big cities, small towns, and everything in between. It was a non-romantic vision in which the decadent rubbed shoulders with the bleak, glitz with dust.
While recognizing that the problematic American dream might not be realized, Hoepker was fascinated by the country (he moved to New York in 1976) and, in 2020, at the age of 84 and after a successful career as a photojournalist and president of Magnum Photos, he once again embarked on a journey across the United States. The Way It Was. Road Trips USA juxtaposes Hoepker's color photographs from this trip with his original black-and-white images, taking us on a journey both through his changing perception of America and through time.
Published by Steidl, 2022
21.5 x 28 cm
192 pages, 436 images
ISBN
Thomas Hoepker was 27 years old when he embarked on his ambitious journey across the United States, which took him from coast to coast and back again over the course of three months and resulted in thousands of photographs. It was 1963, and Hoepker had been commissioned by the German magazine *Kristall* to “discover” America through his camera. The photo essays he produced, published across dozens of pages in five issues of the magazine, revealed Hoepker’s complex, skeptical, and at times melancholic view of everyday American life—in big cities, small towns, and everything in between. It was a non-romantic vision in which the decadent rubbed shoulders with the bleak, glitz with dust.
While recognizing that the problematic American dream might not be realized, Hoepker was fascinated by the country (he moved to New York in 1976) and, in 2020, at the age of 84 and after a successful career as a photojournalist and president of Magnum Photos, he once again embarked on a journey across the United States. The Way It Was. Road Trips USA juxtaposes Hoepker's color photographs from this trip with his original black-and-white images, taking us on a journey both through his changing perception of America and through time.
Published by Steidl, 2022
21.5 x 28 cm
192 pages, 436 images
ISBN