Roadside Memorial Photography | American West
Roadside memorials appear along highways across the American West, marking the places where lives were lost and remembered. These small shrines, often marked by crosses, flowers, and personal objects, stand quietly beside desert roads and rural highways.
The photographs in In Passing document these memorial sites across Nevada and California, exploring how grief, memory, and landscape intersect in unexpected places.
Roadside memorials are a unique cultural tradition in the United States. They serve as personal markers of loss while also becoming part of the landscape itself. In remote desert environments these crosses and markers often stand alone for years, quietly recording moments that might otherwise be forgotten.
