Los Angeles/Rome Currently in Yucca Valley, CA and available for assignments.
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Hot Springs Long Term Visitor Area. Holtville, California
A portrait of Carrie and her dog Susy inside her van parked in Palm Desert, California.
Quartzsite, Arizona
Sunfair Dry Lake. Joshua Tree, California.
Mike and Sam inside their shop in Quartzsite, Arizona. They've been...READ ON
Mike and Sam inside their shop in Quartzsite, Arizona. They've been living on the road for the past four years. During the winter, the busiest season in the desert, they sell gems and minerals. The rest of the year they travel around doing mineral mining.
Darleen and David at the Hot Springs. Holtville, California
Jim standing outside his van parked in the Hot Springs Long Term Visitor Area...READ ON
Jim standing outside his van parked in the Hot Springs Long Term Visitor Area in Holtville, California. Jim spends the summer in Minnesota and usually comes down to California around late November every year.
Sofia and Colin with their kids Alfonso and Camilo inside their van in Joshua...READ ON
Sofia and Colin with their kids Alfonso and Camilo inside their van in Joshua Tree, California. Sofia and her family have spent the last two years living on the road.
Sunfair Dry Lake. Joshua Tree, California
Johnny a the Hot Springs in Holtville, California
Holtville, California
Quartzsite, Arizona
Bruce inside his van in Quartzsite, Arizona. Originally from Ontario, Canada,...READ ON
Bruce inside his van in Quartzsite, Arizona. Originally from Ontario, Canada, Bruce comes down to the Western U.S. every year and sells handmade crafts at local markets.
RV resort in Palm Desert, California
Darleen at the Hot Springs. Holtville, California
Gems for sale in Quartzsite, Arizona
Carrie's van parked at the Hot Springs Long Term Visitor Area. Holtville, California
La Posa Long Term Visitor Area. Quartzsite, Arizona
Sofia and Alfonso. Joshua Tree, California
Kim strolling with his dogs Amy and Zoey at the Hot Springs Long Term Visitor...READ ON
Kim strolling with his dogs Amy and Zoey at the Hot Springs Long Term Visitor Area. Holtville, California.
I-8 seen from the Hot Springs. Holtville, California
These images are part of an ongoing series about nomadic life in the American West, the last frontier.
In December 2020 I moved with my husband and two dogs to the desert about two hours east of Los Angeles. I currently live in Yucca Valley, a town of about 20,000 people just outside Joshua Tree National Park. This landscape has always felt so foreign to me so whenever I have time, I go camping and exploring.
This is how I started to meet and hang out with people who spend their life on the road, usually driving down to the desert to escape the harsh winters in the northern U.S.
Many nomads I crossed paths with told me that the thing that they love most about their life is the relationships that they create with other people and the communities that are born at every stop.
With this series I would love to explore the concepts of home and roots through the experience of people that move constantly and the concept of travel as a sustainable choice for a permanent way of living.
Martina Albertazzi
I am an Italian photographer currently based in Los Angeles. I use portraiture and documentary photography to cover social and gender issues I am passionate about. Please feel free to contact me anytime for assignments all around California and the U.S.