{"product_id":"michel-comte-michel-comte-9783958298965","title":"Michel Comte: American Road Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlong the open road of the American imagination\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It was the age of innocence as they called it, and the roads never ended,\" says Swiss photographer and artist Michel Comte (born 1954) of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Road Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, his vision of how America once was. The book combines found erotic images from the 1970s and '80s with his photographs taken from a car speeding along a desert highway, as the horizon, both physical and metaphorical, stretches infinitely into the distance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComte conjures up a simpler moment in America's history, a golden time when getting in touch with a friend or lover meant not reaching for an iPhone but dropping a quarter into a payphone. For Comte this is a slice of history where the classic American road trip and sexual freedom go hand in hand; whether nostalgic or voyeuristic, he leaves for the viewer to decide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michel Comte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3958298966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783958298965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steidl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Michel Comte","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43943959658751,"sku":"9783958298965","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5c2232f8-2ae3-42bd-9a8b-54a5f6dc1be4.jpg?v=1681500987","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/michel-comte-michel-comte-9783958298965","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}