> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://studios.krafftco.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Journey Out West: The People - URL: https://studios.krafftco.com/journey-out-west-the-people/ - Published: 2026-10-15T22:49:26.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-15T22:49:26.000Z - Description: Strangers at the roadside, a trucker and his rig, a band in Santa Fe, and a premiere night in Los Angeles. Portraits from the drive west. - Author: Will Fullerton - Tags: Travel, Journey Out West, #Photo essay, #Portrait A road trip is a landscape until someone steps into the frame. These are the people of the drive west: strangers at the roadside, a trucker who agreed to stand by his rig, a band in a Santa Fe lobby, friends in Palm Springs, a Leica class, and a premiere night in Los Angeles that ran well past midnight. ![Under an umbrella at the side of the road.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-01.jpg) Under an umbrella at the side of the road. ![A call from the Route 66 phone.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-02.jpg) A call from the Route 66 phone. ![A driver and his Kenworth.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-03.jpg) A driver and his Kenworth. ![At the overlook.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-04.jpg) At the overlook. ![Santa Fe, late, under the painting.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-05.jpg) Santa Fe, late, under the painting. ![The band in the lobby.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-06.jpg) The band in the lobby. ![Palm Springs, by the pool at dusk.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-07.jpg) Palm Springs, by the pool at dusk. ![A Leica workshop: the teacher.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-08.jpg) A Leica workshop: the teacher. ![A Leica workshop: the student.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-09.jpg) A Leica workshop: the student. ![Luke, at home.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-10.jpg) Luke, at home. ![A friend, in the doorway light.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-11.jpg) A friend, in the doorway light. In Los Angeles the light went from the desert's to a projector's, and then to a flash in a dark room. Premiere night: the photographs on the wall, then the party after. ![Premiere night, Los Angeles: the man of the hour.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-12.jpg) Premiere night, Los Angeles: the man of the hour. ![In front of the screen.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-13.jpg) In front of the screen. ![The after-party begins.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-14.jpg) The after-party begins. ![Everyone in the frame.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-15.jpg) Everyone in the frame. ![Laughing.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-16.jpg) Laughing. ![Dancing.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-17.jpg) Dancing. ![Cheek to cheek.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-18.jpg) Cheek to cheek. ![Sunglasses, indoors, after midnight.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-19.jpg) Sunglasses, indoors, after midnight. ![Under the Miller Time sign.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-20.jpg) Under the Miller Time sign. And at the end, back to daylight and the quiet ones: a docent at the house where a president was born, and a man looking out over a city he had come a long way to see. ![The docent at the Nixon birthplace.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-21.jpg) The docent at the Nixon birthplace. ![A portrait being made.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-22.jpg) A portrait being made. ![Looking out over the city.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b4/31/b4313ab3-7e6f-4f96-b826-1423fc691a06/content/images/2026/10/jow-portrait-23.jpg) Looking out over the city. Photographed on Leica and on film by Will Fullerton. Everyone pictured agreed to be photographed.