OETKER-KAST, Andreas - auf der suche nach wonderland / looking for wonderland

"From Seattle to New York over thousands of miles the 'American Life', passing San Francisco, Chicago and Boston. Through the Nevada desert and Hurricane Irene, with views upon the Pacific Ocean, Lake Michigan and the grave of Samuel Adams. In 2011 German photographer Andreas OETKER-KAST traveled nearly 12,000 kilometers from West Coast to East Coast 'in search of wonderland', together with his wife Angelica and her dog Dumpty once across America.
The book is a combination of photo book, story and film. 'If one goes on a journey through the images by Andreas OETKER-KAST, appear in works by American photographer the mind's eye: Walker EVANS, Wright Morris, Elliot Frank, HH Bennet, Ansel ADAMS, Elliot ERWITT , Lee FRIEDLANDER and not to forget William EGGLESTON. ...

In any case, one can confuse his pictures with her because Andreas OETKER-KASTs photographs speak with his own voice. Direct, uncompromising and clear' (© Richard Tooke, longtime Director of 'Rights & Reproductions', Photographic Archives and Photographic Studios at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in his foreword)." (free translatied publisher's note)