A 40-year, 50-state, million-mile journey begins with a single question . . .
HOW DO YOU PHOTOGRAPH DEMOCRACY?
(After all - how do you photograph an idea?)
Meet Joe Sohm
AMERICA’S PHOTO-HISTORIAN, Joe Sohm, has photographed as much of America as anybody alive.
Joe has been published more than 1 million times in worldwide media, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Time, Newsweek, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, ABC, Disney, The Wall Street Journal, in films, advertising, across the internet, and in his Reader’s Digest award-winning tabletop book, Visions of America.
In a time when Americans seem to feel bad about America and each other, Joe Sohm has focused his lens on subjects that remind us of what’s good about America. In his 4K drone, video, time-lapse, and still photographs, we see Joe’s America — a nation that is still full of adventure, natural beauty, joy, creativity, and outstanding accomplishments.
Joe Sohm’s Visions of America is a 40-year, 50-state, million-mile search for the images defining American Civilization on its 250th Anniversary.
While each of Joe’s images tells a story, it’s the stories behind the imagery that inspire and entertain audiences across the USA in multimedia presentations at colleges, universities, trade associations, and corporations.
Joe is a gifted storyteller, and his imagery provides the backdrop for his American Journey. In experiencing Joe’s stories and in seeing his stunning imagery, we realize that his story is ours... the American story.
Joe’s presentations feature original music by Oscar, Grammy, Emmy winners and movie stars, including Clint Eastwood and William Shatner. Now it’s time to buckle your seatbelt and hit the road. The journey awaits you!
Joe Sohm’s Interview with Ivor Davis
At the Museum of Ventura County, journalist Ivor Davis sits with Joe Sohm for a fast, funny look at a decades-long quest to track the American pulse with a camera. Sohm, a history teacher turned bassist turned image maker with a serious case of wanderlust, shows how back roads, patience, and a good parking spot turn into magazine covers and indelible scenes. The talk moves through stills, time-lapse, drone work, and his family’s 1938 road reels, doubling as a quiet masterclass in seeing. The result is a portrait of a country told by someone who has spent forty years chasing its light, and it may have you looking at your own town with new eyes.