...Still, except for photographs of gas stations as architectural charmers, I don’t believe there has been any extensive photographic investigation of this ubiquitous enabler of American automobile culture. Why would there be? As the painter Miles Forst once commented, gas stations are where you fill up your tank and shut off your brain. They are infrequently an occasion for any photograph at all. read more...

David Freund In 1978 he received a National Endowment for the Arts grant to explore the culture, landscape, and architecture of gas stations nationwide. His work has been exhibited at Light Gallery in Manhattan and the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, and is held in the collections of MoMA, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.