Windscreen revisits the ideals of early automobiles (freedom, hope, exploration and independence — quintessentially American ideals) by exploring the relationship between automobiles and their owners today. When combing through neighborhoods for cars, I look first for the way light enters a car and renders color. If I find nothing inside its cabin that tells something about its owner, I move on. Above all, the car needs to be drivable or just recently taken off the road. If a car sits for too long uninhabited, it loses something. The composite of this space reflects who we are and where we come from, and possibly where we are going.
Phil Jung is a photographer currently based in Boston. He received an MFA in photography in 2009 from the Massachusetts College of Art and was recently rewarded a TMC + Kodak Film Grant. You can see more of Jung's work on his Web site.
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