PHOTOS: Your car has a lot to say about who you are
NPR • • world
Key Points:
- "Homo Mobilis," a photography book by Dutch photographer Martin Roemers, explores vehicles not just as modes of transport but as reflections of identity, culture, and social issues across eight countries and four continents.
- Roemers spent nearly five years photographing around 200 unique vehicles, including cars with gardens on their roofs and animal-drawn carts, using a white backdrop to isolate the vehicles and highlight their stories and owners.
- The project delves into themes such as global inequalities, environmental activism, and changing mobility, featuring diverse subjects like homeless people living in cars in the U.S., electric cargo bikes in China, and hand-pulled rickshaws in India.
- Roemers emphasizes how vehicles serve as cultural symbols and personal statements,
