
Auto America
Car Culture: 1950s-1970s--PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN G. ZIMMERMAN
Rizzoli International Publications (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 22. September 2026
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7893-4716-9 (ISBN)
Description
Auto America offers a compelling look at three decades (the 1950s, 60s, and 70s) of America s fascination with the automobile. At a time when self-driving vehicles and climate change are transforming driving around the world, John G. Zimmerman s pictures capture the optimism and even utopianism of a beloved period in American car culture. Many of Zimmerman s photographs were originally taken for Life, Time, and Sports Illustrated magazines and highlight diverse aspects of America s auto industry at its zenith; they feature not only iconic cars of the era, which Zimmerman chronicled comprehensively at car shows and in studio assignments throughout the period, but also a behind-the-scenes look at the people who designed, built, collected, exhibited, and raced them. With more than 200 photographs and drawing on the John G. Zimmerman Archive s collection including his best-known photographs of Fords, Chryslers, and GMs in their heyday alongside ephemera, tear sheets, and outtakes from his assignments the book celebrates the automobile s central place in American culture during those decades when the timeless silhouettes of classic cars ruled the roads.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
200 COLOR AND B/W ILLUSTRATIONS
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 229 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7893-4716-9 (9780789347169)
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Persons
John G. Zimmerman (1927 2002) has been recently rediscovered as a unique chronicler of twentieth-century American culture. His photographs appeared frequently in Sports Illustrated, Life, and other major newspapers and magazines from the 1950s through the 1980s, and his work has been published in books including America in Black and White and Crossing the Line: Arthur Ashe at the 1968 US Open. Linda, Greg, and Darryl Zimmerman are the children of John G. Zimmerman and the curators of the photographer s archive. Terry McDonell is a writer and editor, and the former Editor of the Time Inc. Sports Group.