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Curbside Classics Archives
Photography Archive
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![Simon White is a stellar photographer and has been posting at the CC Cohort for some years now, and we’ve featured his work here before. He’s recently uploaded some new […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a-sim-23.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A Gallery Of Vintage Cars and Trucks Shot By Simon White")
A Gallery Of Vintage Cars and Trucks Shot By Simon White
Posted on March 23, 2025 | 15 CommentsSimon White is a stellar photographer and has been posting at the CC Cohort for some years now, and we’ve featured his work here before. He’s recently uploaded some new […] -
![Doesn’t that lovely line of Volvo 140 butts make you want to say “Man, I remember when cars came in so many different colors!”? That’s been my comment on that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/DSC_0129.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: Bringing Color Back – There’s Actually A Lot Out There, Curbside and Otherwise")
Curbside Musings: Bringing Color Back – There’s Actually A Lot Out There, Curbside and Otherwise
Posted on November 14, 2024 | 71 CommentsDoesn’t that lovely line of Volvo 140 butts make you want to say “Man, I remember when cars came in so many different colors!”? That’s been my comment on that […] -
![Chicago, 1958 I’m a fan of Ray Metzker’s photography. It has a strong graphic feel; compositionally tight and driven by contrast. He manages to capture a specific moment of light […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/metzker1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Photography: The Cars of Ray K. Metzger")
CC Photography: The Cars of Ray K. Metzger
Posted on July 5, 2024 | 21 CommentsChicago, 1958 I’m a fan of Ray Metzker’s photography. It has a strong graphic feel; compositionally tight and driven by contrast. He manages to capture a specific moment of light […] -
![How have I never come across these before? Not only are they superb photographs of drivers caught on the go by Mr. Bush’s camera mounted on the side of his […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/010a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Andrew Bush’s Amazing Photos Of Vintage Cars And Their Drivers Caught On The Go")
Andrew Bush’s Amazing Photos Of Vintage Cars And Their Drivers Caught On The Go
Posted on June 26, 2024 | 65 CommentsHow have I never come across these before? Not only are they superb photographs of drivers caught on the go by Mr. Bush’s camera mounted on the side of his […] -
Clearance-side Classics: Newark Edition
Posted on February 1, 2024 | 36 Comments(first posted 2/1/2018) New at Newark Street, Newark NJ – Fall, 1980 -
![Lollipop Motel sign, Wildwood, New Jersey (2006) Earlier in this space we reviewed some of the work of photographer Carol Highsmith. Highsmith donated her life’s work of more than 100,000 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Highsmith-Lollipop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Roadside Classics: America Through the Lens of Carol Highsmith at the Library of Congress (Continued)")
Roadside Classics: America Through the Lens of Carol Highsmith at the Library of Congress (Continued)
Posted on September 4, 2023 | 36 CommentsLollipop Motel sign, Wildwood, New Jersey (2006) Earlier in this space we reviewed some of the work of photographer Carol Highsmith. Highsmith donated her life’s work of more than 100,000 […] -
![St. Joseph Auto and Furniture Fabric slipcover sign; St, Joseph, Missouri (1988) (first posted 8/16/2017) John Margolies was an American photographer who in the 1970s began traveling secondary […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Margolies_betts.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Roadside Classics: Signs of America in the ’70s,’80s and 90s – By John Margolies at the Library of Congress")
Roadside Classics: Signs of America in the ’70s,’80s and 90s – By John Margolies at the Library of Congress
Posted on August 16, 2023 | 51 CommentsSt. Joseph Auto and Furniture Fabric slipcover sign; St, Joseph, Missouri (1988) (first posted 8/16/2017) John Margolies was an American photographer who in the 1970s began traveling secondary […] -
![(first posted 5/13/2017) Ralf K (Don Kincl) has uploaded more of his old snapshots from the beach in San Francisco, so let’s take a trip back in time. There’s at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/34410478626_eed8b9caa6_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Ralf K Vintage Snapshots: San Francisco, 1980")
Ralf K Vintage Snapshots: San Francisco, 1980
Posted on May 13, 2023 | 44 Comments(first posted 5/13/2017) Ralf K (Don Kincl) has uploaded more of his old snapshots from the beach in San Francisco, so let’s take a trip back in time. There’s at […] -
![While putting together my recent post (How The 21st Century Is Replacing the 20th), I found a number of other photos that I was thinking of including, but they […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/9a1d54ae6b135962e7bfcbb609f3225a1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photography: ‘Then & Now’ Images of Highways, Businesses, Mansions, and Other Lost Wonders")
Vintage Photography: ‘Then & Now’ Images of Highways, Businesses, Mansions, and Other Lost Wonders
Posted on May 8, 2023 | 67 CommentsWhile putting together my recent post (How The 21st Century Is Replacing the 20th), I found a number of other photos that I was thinking of including, but they […] -
![(first posted 5/1/2017) It isn’t just the cars from the past that looked different; their inhabitants did too. And although we still have plenty of cars from the past to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Mike-mandel-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photography: “People In Cars” – 19 Year-Old Mike Mandel’s Street Corner Shots in LA, Circa 1970")
Vintage Photography: “People In Cars” – 19 Year-Old Mike Mandel’s Street Corner Shots in LA, Circa 1970
Posted on May 1, 2023 | 74 Comments(first posted 5/1/2017) It isn’t just the cars from the past that looked different; their inhabitants did too. And although we still have plenty of cars from the past to […] -
![(first posted 2/3/2017) I’ve discovered a collection of vintage amateur Kodachrome snapshots with a heavy emphasis on cars and their owners. And they are truly splendid. I’ll give you the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/DG-me-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Me and My Car, Part 1")
Vintage Snapshots: Me and My Car, Part 1
Posted on March 1, 2023 | 76 Comments(first posted 2/3/2017) I’ve discovered a collection of vintage amateur Kodachrome snapshots with a heavy emphasis on cars and their owners. And they are truly splendid. I’ll give you the […] -
![(first posted 2/19/2017) Stephanie found this gallery of shots of Palm Springs mid-century classic houses that were all shot by moonlight. And several have some very appropriate cars parked with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/PS-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "“Midnight Modern”: Palm Springs Classics Under The Full Moon")
“Midnight Modern”: Palm Springs Classics Under The Full Moon
Posted on February 19, 2023 | 40 Comments(first posted 2/19/2017) Stephanie found this gallery of shots of Palm Springs mid-century classic houses that were all shot by moonlight. And several have some very appropriate cars parked with […] -
![(first posted 2/12/2017) I recently scanned some more of my father’s Kodachromes, including these shots taken during a much calmer – and much less female – Spring Break in 1953. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Kodachromes-022.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Color Snapshots: Florida, 1953")
Vintage Color Snapshots: Florida, 1953
Posted on February 12, 2023 | 55 Comments(first posted 2/12/2017) I recently scanned some more of my father’s Kodachromes, including these shots taken during a much calmer – and much less female – Spring Break in 1953. […] -
![San Francisco, California is famous for its ornate Victorian houses, but not many people know that Los Angeles was once a very Victorian city too. To describe it generally, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/default1-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Photography: Losing Victorian Los Angeles–In Kodachrome (Part 1)")
CC Photography: Losing Victorian Los Angeles–In Kodachrome (Part 1)
Posted on February 3, 2023 | 40 CommentsSan Francisco, California is famous for its ornate Victorian houses, but not many people know that Los Angeles was once a very Victorian city too. To describe it generally, […] -
Vintage Color Snapshots: Vancouver, B.C. in the 1970s
Posted on February 1, 2023 | 80 Comments(first posted 2/1/2017) Today vintage.es takes us to Vancouver, B.C. in the 1970s.
