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OUR SUNDAY TRAVEL * USA - Majestic Rigs and Custom Truck Interiors
The Legend of the American West lives on in the subculture of Big Rigs and trucks stops...
The majesty and the immensity of the land gets its perfect expression in these location shots of the most outstanding rigs... Here is your chance to peak inside some of the most spectacular custom rigs... 
Roger Snider is a Los Angeles based photographer who's currently putting together a project (with an accompanying book) called Ultra Rigs of the World... We asked him some questions, and he told us about his fascination with these big and beautiful machines...
... "I went to the Las Vegas Truck Show in June of 2006, where I saw real show trucks for the first time in my life. It was at that moment that I knew this would be a subject I would be working on for years to come"...
... Roger: "I have covered rigs in Canada, the US and Japan thus far. I plan to travel the world photographing custom rigs from as many countries as possible. "Ultra Rigs of the World" is the working title of the first definitive photo book about this lesser known artistic subculture. So the website is a teaser to the book project, designed to attract attention (and hopefully) funding - so that I could complete and publish the book"...
... DRB: Do you own a rig yourself? - Roger: "No" ...
... "We went to trucks stops and tried to pick up riders with the drives... I came away with a great documentary-style portfolio of images, but what I really want is to shoot more trucks" ...
...Decotora - Japanese Art Trucks: We wrote about Decotora - uniquely Japanese electric light truck decoration...
... Roger: "I love the trucks in Japan and intend to return there and photo more of them. It's fascinating that after all the decor is applied - they don't even look like trucks! Way back in the 1970s they started to resemble boats, and now they have evolved into the "spaceships" you see today. "Over the top" is fine, in my opinion. The lights and sounds are really something you need to see in person"...
... The Japanese Peterbilt you see in this is owned by a guy in Japan who doesn't understand English, but grew up loving the movie (which inspired him to buy the Peterbilt)... 
... These are not trucks, these are spaceships! ...
... Roger Snider's photographys are simply unbelievable, just as the trucks are certainly other-worldly.... (USA -From: Dark Roasted Blend/All images are copyright, courtesy Roger Snider -24 Oct 2008) Labels: traveling on trucks
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