This morning I started out in La Porte, Indiana. When I was looking at map trying to figure out where to sleep, it jumped out at me because I’m a fan of La Porte, Indiana, the book. It’s an amazing collection of mid-century portraits, all shot in a photo studio in town there.
Not so long ago, Jason Bitner, co-creator of Found Magazine, was on a roadtrip and stopped to eat in La Porte. The cafe was decorated with tons of these pictures, and Jason asked what was up: boxes of ’em, apparently, upstairs, from the long-closed photo studio. Jason stayed for days to select the pictures that would make it into the book.
My plan, staying in La Porte, was to eat breakfast in the cafe and see the pictures for myself. But like many roadtrip plans, this one was bypassed. No leisurely cafe. Just driving driving. Although I did manage to squeeze in a short walk by the lake before buckling up.
