The Future of 'Hurry Up & Wait'

Our exciting adventures of trucking is dwindling down with only a few more months to go. We've met some amazing and surprising people along the way, and now have friends from all over the country we wish to visit one day. The work is coming along and we still plan to continue once we're out of our own rig. We've made some images that are not typical of how we shoot, and are excited to see the change and how it fits together with our normal style of shooting. It's an epic time regarding our economic history and as we are hopeful and certain this will all turn around, we are weary to step back into this precarious world after we stop driving.


View from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, MD
yesterday 'through our windshield'

Now a lot of times we see things we wish we can stop and photograph, but trying to break fast with eighteen wheels is prone to an unwanted accident. Plus most of the time we're working on schedule to either pick up or drop off our loads on time. The snapshots through our window serve as a vicarious glimpse of the places and things we see along the way.

As there are finally serious talks of sustainability and renewable energy the future of trucking and transportation remains in limbo. Since fuel prices sky-rocketed and our economy has taken a downturn, the railroads are once again making a big comeback! Only since the past few decades has trucking become the primary more favored way of transporting our goods. Will we once again use the rail to transport America with less traffic and minimal carbon emissions helping to end our dependency on foreign oil? The truck cannot completely disappear for after the rail you still need trucks to take it to stores, distribution centers, etc. The thousands of truckers who are currently unemployed, what's to happen with the millions to come?


Greensboro, NC Railyard
yesterday 'through our windshield'