Newhall Pass

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This photo is the first in a series of long-exposure photos of freeway interchanges. The goal of this series is to show the beauty of the engineering marvel that is the Interstate Highway System, while also making apparent the scars created on our landscape in service of our car culture.

Pictured is the Newhall Pass north of Los Angeles. The Newhall Pass is the interchange between I-5 and CA-14. This interchange has been rebuilt twice after collapsing during earthquakes, first in 1971 during the Sylmar Earthquake, and then again in 1994 during the Northridge Earthquake.

EXIF Data

  • Image Dimensions: 5760 x 3840

  • Exposure: 15.0 sec, f/22, ISO 100

  • Focal Length: 30mm

  • Camera: Canon 5D mk iii

  • Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L

About the Photographer

Grant Henninger is a landscape photographer based in Orange County, CA. As of 2021, he is working on two on-going projects, one capturing freeway interchanges and the scars they leave on our landscape, and the second capturing images of the wildland urban interface in high fire hazard areas. In addition to photography, Grant is an urban planner, which is what drives his interest in photographing landscapes related to land use issues.