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Published: Jul 01, 2007 12:00 AM
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Drive-by America

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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.

To see the gallery, click here.

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Staff photojournalist Takaaki Iwabu, born and raised in Yokohama, Japan, first came to the United State in 1991. He can be reached at 829-4735 or takaaki.iwabu@newsobserver.com
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