A dramatic parade of cars parked in New York City and captured by the photographer between 1974 and 1976. Utilizing only natural lighting, Clay magically embues his subjects with the drama of a movie set – or, as Luc Sante notes in his foreword to the Steidl monograph, mug shots. Clay’s proud Pintos, LeSabres, and Gremlins attest to a moment frozen in time.

Langdon Clay was born in New York City in 1949. He grew up in New Jersey and Vermont and attended school in New Hampshire and Boston. Clay moved to New York in 1971 and spent the next sixteen years photographing there, around the country and in Europe for various magazines and books. In 1987 he moved to Mississippi where he has since lived and worked with his wife Maude Schuyler Clay. His work is held in many private and public collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.