{"product_id":"henry-wessel-hitchhike","title":"Pre-Order: Henry Wessel - Hitchhike","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease Note: This is a pre-order. This title is expected to arrive November 2026. All orders containing this title will ship when it is in stock.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile attending Penn State University in the early 1960s, Henry Wessel spent his weekends hitchhiking west and back again. Each Friday afternoon, he packed a knapsack, took his camera, and waited for the next ride. By Monday morning he was back for classes, only to leave again the following weekend - a compelling habit for a kid from New Jersey who, until college, had never ventured west of Philadelphia. Somewhere along the way, the desire to explore the medium became inseparable from the search for what lay beyond the life he had known. Photography was no longer simply accompanying the journey; it had become the way he understood it. Wessel would later describe the experience simply:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“It’s thrilling to be outside your mind, your eyes far ahead of your thoughts.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat openness defines\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHitchhike.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eIntuitively working while driving or at the roadside, Wessel transformed the overlooked details of the American landscape into photographs of remarkable precision, economy, and wit, allowing chance encounters and fleeting alignments to shape a body of work that remains one of the most distinctive visions of the American road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA long-anticipated publication spanning more than four decades of work,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHitchhike\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas edited and sequenced by Henry Wessel himself, making it one of the last books he completed before his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e80 PAGES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHARDCOVER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDUOTONE OFFSET\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11.5” X 11.5”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 978-1-952523-39-7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadbeat Club","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647842652412,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0460\/7908\/2645\/files\/Covers_4_fe9bfd04-6256-47c6-8d0d-699a6d6bdc7e.png?v=1785071014","url":"https:\/\/baltimorephotospace.com\/products\/henry-wessel-hitchhike","provider":"Baltimore Photo Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}