Model Cars of Small Town USA

Model Maker and Photographer Michael Paul Smith has created a lush landscape of classic American cars, which are all 8 – 10″ long.

“Our past is a powerful draw and in so many ways we try to capture it in order to explain it to ourselves,” says Smith. “What started out as an exercise in model building and photography, ended up as a dream-like reconstruction of the town I grew up in. No Photoshop was used in these pictures. Its all straight from the camera. It’s the oldest trick in the special effects book: line up a model with an appropriate background and shoot.”