Exploring the theme of American wanderlust, the photographs in Lost & Found: A Portrait of American Wanderlust capture the transient nature of travel and the search for identity through movement. The images convey a mood of reflection and discovery, portraying moments of both solitude and connection along the roads less traveled in the United States.

Michael Joseph’s visual approach encompasses a variety of landscapes and candid portraits, emphasizing the relationship between people and the environments they traverse. The work contemplates the complexities of displacement and belonging, using light and composition to evoke a sense of place that is at once intimate and expansive.

Published by Kehrer Verlag in 2024, this 144-page volume provides a nuanced and poetic look at the ongoing American narrative of exploration and the elusive idea of home.