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A few days after we were born, most of us went home in an automobile. After we die, it will probably be a car that takes us to our graves. Between those first and final rides, we'll spend countless hours in a car or other vehicle.
All of the photographs in this collection were taken from a moving vehicle. During my daily drives, I often snap random images that appear in my car window, without looking through the camera viewfinder.
This nation, settled by immigrants, has often been defined by the people who travel its roads. Each day, the millions of people who drive and ride are continually discovering America anew through the viewpoint of their windshields.
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