"Mood Of America" 1980 Photo Gallery by william mahan at pbase.com

"Mood Of America" 1980

In 1980 while working for the Atlanta Journal/Constitution; I spent 17 days crossing America on Amtrak with Reporter Bob Dart
stopping along the way to interview people and photographing them. The subject was how they felt about the country and the
Presidential candidates Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter before the 1980 election. Here are some brief glimpses taken from
that project called "Mood of America".

American Gothic (Western Style)	Father and Son	Native Americans	Boarding & Unboarding In Pumpville, Texas	Canyon Bridges
Traveling Man	"Fiddlin' Around"	St. Augustine Church, Albuquerque, NM	Sunset On The Rails.jpg	I Ain't Looking at You Dude
Beverly Hills Opulance	Getting The Wash Done	Venice Beach Artist	Mother and Son Play	Gucci Store, Beverly Hills
Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills	Jewelry Sales Person	Skater	Is She Happy Now ?	Ship Repair Yard, Oregon
Mormon Family	Goodbye Kiss	Church Of The Latter-day Saints	Logging In Oregon	Mississippi Willie Smith
Farm Scene in Mid America	Rancher/ Sheriff	A Walk In Ottumwa, Iowa	Deputy Sheriff Dan Broyles	Mule Deer in Wyoming
Working The Fields in Iowa	Casting A Long Shadow	Unlucky Dog	Liberty Bell in Philadelphia	Preacher Man for Reagan
Downtown Chicago at Night	Stripper "Jean" New Orleans	Getting Out A Message	Shall We Go In Girls?	Workers at US Steel
Amtrak Waiter	Willie Smith, Poplarville, Mississippi	Very Hot Steel	Silver Spur Bar	Watching The World Go By
Truck Repairman, Mississippi	Shift Change at US Steel.	Amtrak Rolling From Atlanta	"Kudzu Kountry"	Train Depot in Birmingham, Alabama
Sandwich Man / Chicago	Couple in New Orleans	Picasso Sculpture in Chicago	Train Passenger Interview	Shop Talk

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John Vass		31-Dec-2018 06:17
This is what photography is all about! Don't let this fade into into an invisible past! This is history!

roger fournier		28-Mar-2010 18:50
great pictures and time seeds

Deniz Kilinc		20-Jan-2010 05:00
nice trip ý have now for the past days....

Barbara Read and Fred Schaad		17-Jan-2010 19:13
This is an amazing and wonderful snapshot of 1980 America. Excellent work! You should do a book. V

Marcia Rules		16-Jan-2010 15:50
what a marvelous journey of mood and Americana. Important work that is quite worthy and should be seen!!!!! V

Lee G		12-Jan-2010 01:11
I enjoy your work, Bill. You have a keen sense of composition and best of all, the human condition. Wonderful gallery! ~V

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