A road sign featuring a bear crossing warning stands beside a rural road, with dry grass and distant mountains in the background.
An orange vintage car parked on a leaf-covered street with graffiti on the wall behind it.
A retro café sign stands tall in a desert-like area with a few scattered buildings and palm trees in the background.
A tall saguaro cactus stands prominently in the foreground, with smaller cacti and a rocky hillside visible under a soft, pastel-colored sky.
A faint rainbow arches over a stormy sea, with waves crashing against a rocky cliff under a moody sky.
A vintage camper van parked in a field of low, colorful vegetation with a hazy mountain range in the distance.
Four green plastic chairs are lined up against a stone wall, surrounded by fallen leaves and a barren tree in the background.
A winding road curves through a dry, hilly landscape with sparse vegetation and a lone tree near the roadside.
A vintage car parked on a dirt road next, with dry shrubs and a mountainous landscape in the background.
Jagged, weathered rocks jut out from the shoreline, with clear blue water gently lapping against them.
A winding road with multiple switchbacks descending through a rocky canyon, with a van driving down the road.
A large rock formation on a sandy beach with the ocean in the background.
The bell tower of Curon stands in the middle of frozen Lake Resia, surrounded by snow-covered mountains and forests.
A billboard in a desert landscape with the text 'For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. 1 Corinthians 3:19' and a mountain range in the background.
Interior view of a van through an open window, showing a young woman bending over to organize supplies.

This is van life photography with substance. Mark Benini shoots 6x6 as he moves through the American West and beyond. A native of Italy, he documents his lived experience as a modern day nomad. There's variety in subject matter but the perspective stays consistent: everything's seen from the road, shot on medium format.

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