I do this project alone.
But I couldn’t do it without you.

Thank You*

From home or in general

- Pablo, Mae, Michael & Mel, Jack, Marie, Cécile, Laurence, Vincent & Alix, Fabien & Sari, Gert, Jicé (for your presence)
- Giz (for always being there, one way or another)
- Romane, Manon and Zoé (for having my back)
- Maude and Elham (for the engine maintenance)
- Donatienne and Catherine (for giving me a chance to breathe)
- Wendy (for the boxes and the chronology)
- Koen and Kurt (for their support in a painful development process)
- Hervé (for rescuing my cameras)
- Christophe (for buliding the best darkroom ever)
- The TSA staff (for the professionalism)
- Everyone behind me at the security checkpoint in every airport (for your —timed, yet immeasurable— patience)
- Everyone who shared thoughts about the project, the images, the writing (for the connection)
- You (for taking the time to read this)
- Me (for none of this could have happened without you)

From chapter 1: Florida

- Mae (for helping me kick it all off)
- Sylvia & Bob (for the kindness and the tunes)
- Noella (for the Butcher’s corner)
- Dwight (for one of the funniest rides in my life)
- Manuel (for being the first portrait of the project)

From chapter 2: Florida-Georgia-Alabama-Mississippi-Louisiana

- Mae (for the US-driving-style lessons)
- Sylvia & Bob (for the hand on the guitar and the blankets pushing)
- Ed & Coralee (for the house and the redneck Italian dinner)
- John (for the unexpected discussion and friendship)
- Josh (for the greasy portrait)
- Al, Marc, Joe and Tony (for the coffee, the portraits and the music)
- Rueben (for the connection, even if it didn’t happen)
- Clare (for the non-burger restaurant)
- Djibran (for keeping film alive)
- Jessica and Mike (for the smooth ride)

From chapter 3: Arkansas-Oklahoma-Texas

- Pam (for the delivery and the daily exchange)
- Dawna (for the answer to the Arkansas question)
- Shawn (for being forward with me)
- Christina (for the art and for being the best entry point to Guthrie)
- Rod and Chelsea (for the unbanned discussion)
- Sage and Christopher (for the question, for the Lambrusco-beef jerky-chimichurri combo, for the warm hospitality, for the unexpected intrusions of beauty, for Piatto, for the introduction to so many nice people, for meeting the boys, for the stone, for the unique opportunity to practice photography in a way I love, and for the beginning of a beautiful friendship)
- Tammy, Michelle & Rob (for opening the doors)
- Sunny (for the most unexpected sight in Oklahoma)
- Linda (for the drive-by shooting and the shared love of photography)
- Those in Guthrie whose name I couldn’t take note of but who helped by opening doors, telling stories or just being there for a moment or a conversation)
- Michael (for the check-ins)
- Marc and his gang (for lining up the Harleys on the Mother Road)
- David (for the real story behind Marfa —promised, not a word about it)
- The rattlesnake (for putting up a show close enough I could record it)
- The bison (for being dumb enough not to realise I just went hiding behind the car)
- The staff and volunteers at LBJ’s ranch (for your interest in photography and for pointing me toward the best dancehall in Texas)
- Kristin (for keeping ’em comin’)
- Miss Peggy (for being you—one of my best untaken portraits)
- Cattlelac (for the music and for your name)
- The great-grand-father whose name I couldn’t get at the Stonewall rodeo (for giving me an entry point to the rodeo community)
- The Boston-accented man at the Stonewall rodeo (for the introduction to the new sheriff in town)
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* If you recognize yourself in this list, I’ll be happy to send you an image I took of you, if I did. Just email me.