490 Miles
Dublin Core
Title
490 Miles
Subject
Landscape - American
Description
For nine months spanning August 2008 to May 2009, I commuted twice a week between Huntington, WV and Buffalo, NY. This series of photographs makes use of a vernacular hand gesture, common in West Virginia, which serves as an impromptu map of the state. The drawn line that becomes visible in the final two images in the sequence corresponds to the route that was driven between Huntington and Buffalo. With this piece of personal geography mapped on my hand, I visited a palm reader, located along the route, to have the line interpreted, as it existed within the arrangement of my natural palm print.
Creator
Hans Gindlesberger
Publisher
N/A
Date
2008 - 2009
Format
Hardcover. Accordion fold. 10 panels. 18cm x 18cm (folded), 18cm x 107 cm (unfolded)
Photobook Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
18cm x 18cm (folded), 18cm x 107 cm (unfolded)
Number of Pages
12
Number of images
5
Edition Size
5
Place of Publication
New York, USA
Website
http://www.gindlesberger.com
URL Link to project
https://www.gindlesberger.com/project/490-miles
Collection
Citation
Hans Gindlesberger, “490 Miles,” Photobook Cafe Photobook Collection, accessed August 30, 2026, https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/2369.