Ogle Winston Link :: Hotshot Eastbound, taken at the drive-in theater in Iaeger, West Virginia, 1956 [from Link’s book ‘Steam, Steel & Stars’]
“Hot Shot East Bound” was photographed on August 2, 1956, in Iaeger, West Virginia, in an effort to depict small-town American life at the end of an era. As the steam engine symbolically exits the frame, a young couple in Link’s own 1952 Buick convertible takes center stage, both literally and metaphorically. Later, in his darkroom, Link added the U.S. Air Force Sabre airplane on the movie screen to extend this metaphoric power. The photo was a poignant display of a cultural lifestyle in speedy transition. text from iconic photos
See the Smithsonian Magazine’s account of how the photo was taken.
