West Coast Road Trip

01 · The Book

Honest.
Simple.
Real.

A pure visual experience — no long travel stories, no guides. Just a collection of over a hundred photographs captured during a five-week road trip across the American West. Calm, atmospheric photography: no staged scenes, no filters, no clichés.

From San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and the Painted Ladies to the beaches of Los Angeles and San Diego — through Joshua Tree, Las Vegas, Route 66, and the canyons of Zion, Bryce Canyon, and the Grand Canyon. Each photograph is labeled with the exact location where it was taken.

Author Roger J. Tedoldi

Year 2025

Language English

Trip 5 weeks · 4,000 km

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West Coast Road Trip: A Minimal Photo Book

02 · Inside

The journey.

California

San Francisco · Big Sur · Los Angeles · San Diego

From the Golden Gate Bridge and the Painted Ladies to the peaceful beaches of Los Angeles and San Diego. Big Sur cliffs, Yosemite light, and the quiet hum of Highway 1.

Nevada · Death Valley

Las Vegas · Death Valley · Lone Pine

The neon glow of Las Vegas gives way to vast desert silence. Death Valley, Lone Pine, and wide open roads where the sky goes on forever.

Route 66

Historic stretches of the Mother Road

Rusted signs, empty diners, and the ghost of mid-century America. Route 66 is not a road — it's a feeling.

Arizona

Grand Canyon · Zion · Bryce Canyon

Dramatic rock formations, impossible scale, and silence as the only honest response. Some places can only be felt, not described.

The Photographer

Over five weeks and 4,000 km with the family

Roger Jayro Tedoldi is a Swiss designer and photographer passionate about honest, simple visual storytelling. Calm tones, clean compositions, and moments that feel real — not staged.