Street Rods in the hills of West Virginia

On a road trip for my American Mosaic project in coal country, West Virginia, I stopped at this Saturday car show and talked with the owners. A lot of cool street rods hiding in the area. An American Mosaic on the road.

This project is growing... An American Mosaic!

I have been busy traveling and documenting people around the country. This is in Gary Hollow, West Virginia. The heart of Coal Country. My PEPONI.COM web site is updated with a lot of the images. I shoot video conversations and environments for this big project.

Listen to a new Podcast Series: Di-a-logue, An American Mosaic

I have launched DIALOGUE, AN AMERICAN MOSAIC, a Podcast with conversations on the road in America. These are ordinary and extraordinary people talking about life today in a changing America. All walks of life from around the country saying what's on their minds. Available on Apple Podcasts, RadioPublic, and other platforms. You can find links here: http://anchor.fm/john-van-dyke 

Going back to creative roots with Peponi

Back at Peponi doing creative work for "An American Mosaic" a project of video journalism talking with and recording the American People, a conversation about being an American today. This is huge project covering the major parts of the United States. You can follow this at: 
http://american-mosaic.com and peponi.com.

Closing a chapter, new beginnings 2018

Designing Chachalaka and Casa J was an amazing experience. I was honored to have Casa J selected as Architectural Record Magazine International house of the month for February 2016. It is now time to move on to other projects. Time to say goodbye. I created this video as a farewell. My new project is very exciting. Photographing and filming conversations with people across the U.S. An American Mosaic.

A kitchen conversation, An American Mosaic on the road

New Years morning 2018 in the kitchen with David, innkeeper for 40 years on the southwest corner of Washington's coast, near the Oregon border. Talking about life in the rural communities in this area. An American Mosaic will be gathering stories from across the country in 2018.