Nº 066 · See
Cadillacs planted beside the road
Library of Congress · 2026-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
Cars point into the ground instead of towards the horizon. Carol M. Highsmith’s photograph of Cadillac Ranch records a roadside artwork that makes the automobile look both monumental and absurd. A place designed for passing through becomes somewhere to stop and look.
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- Why this number?
- Route 66: the road becomes part of the artwork.
- Credit
- Carol M. Highsmith, Ant Farm Cadillac car art, Route 66, Amarillo, Texas; Library of Congress.
- Reuse and attribution
- Original NicheMisc introduction with a source link. The source work and its images, text and recordings are not reproduced here.
- Published
- 2026-09-07T00:00:00.000Z