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The beautiful context of parked cars and their surrounding architecture

French and New York-based photographer Franck Bohbot explores the relationships between parked cars and the surrounding architecture in this wonderful series of photographs.

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Via Creative Boom submission. All images courtesy of Franck Bohbot

Via Creative Boom submission. All images courtesy of Franck Bohbot

Some models are modern, others are classically vintage. Some are well kept, while others have been left to rot. Weirdly, the cars seem to match their environments, either in the context of colour or overall appearance. For example, a brand new sports car is shown in front of a drive-in restaurant with neon lights, while rustier cars are parked in front of empty lots and failed businesses.

The artist's statement reads: “While manipulating colour with great precision, he highlights the soft subtleties of this relationship by playing with melancholic light and chromatics. Each one of Bohbot’s series features these photographic intentions — through their enigmatic atmosphere, documentary-style approach, and timeless feel, we are transported to a dreamy, velvety, and nearly infinite visual paradise.”

Silver sedan parked on a street in front of a brick building with laundry hanging on a line behind a chain-link fence
Red vintage car parked against a wire fence in front of cream-coloured residential buildings with palm trees
Vintage red estate car parked on a street in front of a white modernist building with red graffiti text
Red vintage car parked on a street in front of a brick townhouse with staircase entrances
White vintage coupe parked in front of a vibrant, colourful mural featuring ornate patterns, faces and botanical imagery
Dark vintage car parked on brick pavement in front of an industrial brick building with illuminated windows and fire escape
White sports car parked in front of a brightly lit drive-in diner with neon signage and a distinctive A-frame roof, under a twilight sky with a Tiffany & Co billboard above
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