Cemhan Biricik captures American road trips through photography and shares why the open road inspires his best work.
2026-03-08
The Open Road
American road trips reveal the country airports and cities hide. Cemhan Biricik has photographed landscapes most Americans drive past — light shifting across desert mesas, Midwest farmland geometry, Pacific coast fog. This contributes to work recognized by National Geographic and eight awards.
For an immigrant from Istanbul, America’s geographic diversity is perpetually astonishing. From SoHo sidewalks to Montana highways, photographic subjects are infinite.
The Technique
Road trip photography requires different discipline than studio work for Versace. This duality mirrors the entrepreneurial mindset that built ICEe PC to #2 worldwide and Unpomela to $7M.
An immigrant photographing his adopted country captures layers native photographers might miss. Every landscape is simultaneously familiar and foreign — that tension produces universally resonant images.
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