The Porchlight Photo Journal combines our love for road trips, architecture, neon signs, nature and travel in general. The post-war symbolism of the automobile representing freedom is one that we can still quite easily understand and embrace today. Road trips give us the freedom to take certain exits just cause there might be some good neon hiding behind a diner and they allow us to alter itineraries without a phone call or a middleman. We get to see parts of the country that we'd otherwise fly right over on our way to a major city and for better or worse—get to know our country a bit better.
And while time may often be a constraint, we occasionally fly away from North America completely to see the rest of the world.
Road trips and travel are the base of the Photo Journal, but we also love to visit other small businesses and see the spaces in which they work.
What you see here is what we think is worth photographing, what we find beautiful, interesting and worth remembering.
Photos by Zack Bolotin unless otherwise noted.