“Sons of the Living” is a body of work about the land and people along highways in the deserts of the American West. It includes intimate portraits of travelers—mostly hitchhikers and drifters who dwell along the interstate system—as well as landscapes and still life photos that reflect a country in peril. Amidst the backdrop of environmental decline, economic dispossession, and societal neglect, this work depicts the human capacity for endurance. At our critical moment in history, as we witness but fail to understand the frailty of our ecology, economy, and social stability, “Sons of the Living” creates an atmospheric narrative that foreshadows the risks of our society’s current path. The work both honors yet subverts the American photographic roadtrip tradition with an updated view of the 21st century’s “open road” that addresses a new era of anxiety.