Sleeping Cars images published in new book, "Smoke & Mirrors"

Several images from Gerd Ludwig’s ongoing personal project, “Sleeping Cars,” were published in a newly released book from Hoxton Mini Press, titled, “Smoke & Mirrors.”

This image, Sleeping Cars, Wonderland Park Avenue is featured as a double-page spread in “Smoke & Mirrors.”

The book, published in collaboration with Penguin, is comprised of imagery and short essays from 24 photographers—Andreas Gursky and Todd Hido among them—focusing on cars and their role in society and culture.

Ludwig’s series, featured as the closing collection in “Smoke & Mirrors,” chronicles where cars in Los Angeles (undeniably the city of cars) go to rest at night, whether alone, covered, bare or—the lucky few—who sleep together. “Sleeping Cars” was published as a monograph by Edition Lammerhuber in 2017.

According to Ludwig, “the vehicles rest against backgrounds of varying ambient light on the winding streets of the Hollywood Hills to the flat gridded suburbs of the Valley. Nestled in the low-lying fog of these distinctly Los Angeles neighborhoods, the vehicles begin to take on personalities of their own. Each car’s distinct surroundings create a different tableau and tempt the viewer to construct his own narrative behind each vehicle.”

“Smoke & Mirrors” is available for purchase now from Hoxton Mini Press. More information and purchasing available here.