VC Torneden: Reflections of 66

Reflections of 66 is a long-term photography series created by VC Torneden. Over the span of the last twenty plus years, Route 66 has played a strong role in her body of work. Just over a decade ago, she challenged herself to a task that would become Reflections of 66. The challenge has been to create one photograph based solely on a reflection in every city, town, and ghost town along Route 66 from Santa Monica to Chicago.

Some of these reflections are created by windows or other glass, some by water, some by metal. But in all cases, Torneden did not provide the reflective surface but rather worked with whatever was available on site, making the challenge exponentially more difficult.
In some of the photographs, the reflection is only a part of the composition, creating recognizable and realistic photos. But in others, the reflection fills the frame creating surreal and abstracted imagery. This exhibit at Spiva Center for the Arts in correlation with the centennial of Route 66 will be the first time the Reflections project is being revealed to the public.