Gasoline Stations: Islands of Light, Oases of civilization

...Greg Kordas’s “Striking nighttime views of that great American roadside icon: the gas station.

Bathed in glowing pools of fluorescent light, they look like religious shrines emblazoned with the names of long-lost saints:

Exxon, Mobil, Citgo.”
The Providence Journal.

Gas stations set in the nocturnal scene attract people through high level of theatricality orchestrated by their use of bright lights. My interest in photographing these beacons of consumerism stems from social and political awareness, but their esthetic qualities also draw me in.