250. Texting while Driving

My friend Nikki has this theory. She feels that some people are capable enough to text and drive. Some people are good multitaskers and simply have superior dexterity. She is one of those people - no doubt. I am not trying to make a case for texting and driving (neither is Nikki) but she does have something. Many of our laws are made from the lowest common denominator of intelligence. We have to make a law to put your child in a cars seat - really?

I was driving home tonight thinking about a photography project I did 20 years ago. It was called the LA Freeway Journal. Inspired by my mentor Robbert Flick, I rigged up a 35 MM Nikon with a motor drive pointing out the back seat of my volkswagen bug. As I drove I pressed a remote cable release and photographed fellow travelers in their cars in traffic on the 101 Fwy. The end result was a grid of images, maybe as many as 200. Each image was a profile portrait of a person framed by their individual car windows. 200 bored strangers in traffic.

Tonight as I was thinking about the Freeway Journal I thought it would be interesting to recreate it. I picked up my iPhone and gave a couple of quick test shots before I realized... is this legal? Guess they do need that law after all.