Troy Paiva

TROY PAIVA, AKA the Lost America guy, has been obsessed with shooting the abandoned American West at night since 1990. His surreally lit night photographs have been displayed in galleries and museums, as well as published in over a dozen countries. Troy has worked as an artist his entire life, earning his keep as a product designer, draftsman, illustrator, graphic designer, photographer, writer, and painting instructor. Junkyard Nights is his fifth book of night photography. If you'd like to...See more

TROY PAIVA, AKA the Lost America guy, has been obsessed with shooting the abandoned American West at night since 1990. His surreally lit night photographs have been displayed in galleries and museums, as well as published in over a dozen countries. Troy has worked as an artist his entire life, earning his keep as a product designer, draftsman, illustrator, graphic designer, photographer, writer, and painting instructor. Junkyard Nights is his fifth book of night photography. If you'd like to know more about Troy and his work, visit www.lostamerica.com. See less