In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a whole generation of students was in search of the 'new.' In 1981, this artist left her native country, setting off on a road trip across America with a medium-format camera, a 35mm camera, and a Polaroid, adding a multitude of cheap cameras along the way that enabled snapshot-like pictures taken unselfconsciously whenever a motif sprang at her. The pictures reflect a direct and unrestrained manner, telling of immediate sensual experience and the longing for freedom and independence. Decades later, she revisited the vast collection, and the selection made for this new book reveals a consistent artistic perspective.