Light fantastic: the road trip that inspired Paris, Texas – in pictures In 1983, Wim Wenders set out across the American west, capturing the sunsets and desolate landscapes that helped shape his iconic movie

‘It was another way of preparing for the film, a different kind of research that had less to do with locations than with the light in the west,’ says Wenders.

Oh wow! I do love the contrast and shadows created from soft/dim light at night so I’ll take that :)

Desert Solitare
Bombay Beach / Niland, CA
April, 2017

Night stroll downtown
Mechanicsburg, PA
September 21, 2024

Sudden Death
New Cumberland, PA
January 25, 2025

The Hard Hat
aka Turnpaugh’s Place
Newport, PA
September 1, 2024