C'est sur l'air lancinant de "Bang bang" chanté par Nancy Sinatra que j'ai traversé l'Ouest Américain, ses routes, ses mythes, ses villes lumières et tous les fantasmes qu'il porte en lui et dans l'imaginaire collectif.
The licence plate of a Californian car that has done a lot of miles and is thus covered with the corpses of mosquitoes.
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Californian road in the shape of a heart, to the north of Death Valley.
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French photographer in the midst of a landscape, near Death Valley.
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Old car parked by a park.
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Gas station by night in Utah.
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Young man stopped at a red light.
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Streetlight in a motel parking lot at nightfall.
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The back of a Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, with its bouncers sitting on a bench.
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Elvis impersonator in the streets of Las Vegas, in front of the renowned Casino Flamingo.
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Clients order drinks at the casino's bar at the Stratosphere Hotel.
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Woman drinking a cocktail in a strip bar in Las Vegas.
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Game simulating free-fall at the top of the Stratosphere Casino Hotel which overlooks the city of Las Vegas.
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Night view of Las Vegas from the summit of the Stratosphere Casino Hotel.
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Young women out in the streets of Las Vegas.
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Elderly people playing the machines of 'Le Paris' Casino Hotel.
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A gogo dancer's thighs and boots stuffed with dollar bills, just after her show.
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Elderly woman playing the slot machines of a casino hotel in Laughlin.
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Young blonde girl in the crowd of a trendy bar in Palm Springs.
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Man kissing another man's head in a gay bar in San Francisco.
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Palm trees by night in the residentail area of Los Angeles.
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Television screen in a house in the suburbs of Los Angeles.
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A man working on his computer in the hall of a hotel in Palm Springs.
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Passengers in a night bus in Las Vegas.
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Neon sign in the streets of San Louis Obispo at sundown.
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Doors to different rooms in a motel in Palm Springs at sundown.
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A young woman working late on her computer in her motel room.
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Intérieur d'un bureau dans une concession de voitures et de motos en Californie.
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Car salesman in a car and motorbike outlet in California.
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A ranger welcoming visitors to the Zion National Park in Nevada.
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An American of Indian origin in his service station in California.
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Shirley, waitress in a bar in Arizona.
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Décor avec puma empaillé dans un restaurant entre Los Angeles et palm Springs
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Elderly couple in the hall of a casino hotel in Laughlin.
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Tourist in a souvenir shop in San Francisco, who have cardboard cut-out effigies of Georg W. Bush on sale.
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Cloudy sky over a road between Palm Springs and Laughlin.
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The interior of a cafeteria at a touristic site in Monument Valley. In the foreground, there is an old photograph of an Indian chef.
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Grand Canyon National Park situated in the north west of Arizona.
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Silhouette walking in Badwater, on the Death Valley site.
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Landscape in the Death Valley region, with a road stretching straight across it.
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A car reaching the end of a road in California, to the north of Death Valley.
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