It’s Truck Month in America

 

For the last ten years Pat Jarrett has been photographing the distinct id of America’s truck obsession. It’s political work, for sure. Fervent identity politics need uniting objects, and the truck—in all its lifted and light-bar-equipped, blinding glory—is unifying in this moment for those in support of strongman politics. Jarrett’s photos aren’t staged, these are documentary photos illustrating the story of a hollowed-out population manipulated into horrific shapes. 

 

Pat Jarrett is a photographer and folklorist living in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. His work has been published in Southern Cultures, Bitter Southerner and National Geographic among others. His work has been shown in the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, the Shenandoah Valley Art Center, the Floyd Country Store and at the Richmond Folk Festival. His most recent work, Ask a Punk for the Address, examines the life of people who live in house venues and the important, liminal nature of these creative spaces. No More Punk Time a documentary about Crayola House, will be released this summer.