Vans were once the confines of the hippie, Woodstock reminiscing, social convention flaunting or soccer mom segment of society. Yet now these roomy and varied vehicles have come into a new age of innovation, style, and substance. Foster Huntington’s Van Life: Your Home On The Road book celebrates that renaissance.
Open up any one of the book’s glossy pages and you’ll witness a showcase of hundreds of vans in all their funky glory, across rolling landscapes, and in smartly designed interiors in spaces all over the world. Van Life is for anyone who is inspired by the open road.
While the van’s reputation is quickly changing to be more appealing to millennials and baby boomers who want a break from their traditional lives and a chance to escape to more freedom and adventure brought on by a journey in a converted truck, camper, or van. Huntington knows this life from the inside out, as he lived it for a time chronicling his adventures in a van as he drove across the United States. While doing so he became acquainted with a community of similar minded people who all desired to explore their world on their own terms.
This book highlights some of the best crowd-sourced photos from Huntington’s digital account of his journey, along with images from van enthusiast websites and some never before published work in celebration of this vehicle. With a straightforward organization into types, such as Volkswagen vans, converted vans, school buses, American vans, and more the book is easy to digest and even greater to look at. Enjoy the quirkiness and creativity of these unique automobiles, some showcase don the beaches, mountains, or forests that they’ve been parked in. You’ll also get an inside peek at the interior of these vans, some even featuring kitchens and sleeping quarters.