英国出生的摄影师罗伯特·莱斯利驾车穿越美国南部与西南部，累计行程一万英里。他用镜头记录下废弃的停车场、被法拍的房屋与残破的广告牌，呈现的并非繁荣的机遇之地，而是一片在风暴蹂躏后走向衰败的土地，折射出美国梦背后深深的幻灭与矛盾。
从他的最新摄影集来看，你绝对猜不出摄影师罗伯特·莱斯利生于英国。《风暴地带》带你穿越美国，那种感觉只有土生土长的本地人才能给予——沿着66号公路，驶过金黄而锈红的沙浪与尘埃。莱斯利用悲悯之情捕捉废弃的停车场、被法拍的房屋和被遗忘的广告牌，将他在2009年奥巴马总统就职典礼的热情与希望退潮之后所见的幻灭感注入其中，赋予这片土地以生命。
四年间，莱斯利在美国阳光地带进行了两次公路旅行，累计行驶一万英里。在此过程中，他对这片曾多次造访却从未深入探索的土地产生了深深的着迷。他告诉TED：”无论美国梦是否真实存在，它所代表的意义依然像磁铁一样吸引着人们。感谢上帝，它还在。即便美国充满了无数矛盾，那个熔炉里的种种元素始终让我觉得值得去追寻。”以下是《风暴地带》中的八幅影像，附有莱斯利关于这段旅程的亲口讲述。
“这曾是大学的欢迎牌，那片区域被卡特里娜飓风彻底摧毁，”莱斯利说，”牌子后面的树被称为’友谊橡树’，据估计它们在哥伦布抵达美洲时便已生长于此。这是一种对树木永恒与人类无常的观照。”
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