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In Southern California, we spend half our time inside our vehicles, eating, listening to music and talking on the phone. In fact, for many families, Mini Vans and SUV's have become an extension of their living rooms. We gave cameras to five different families and asked them to photograph a week of their lives. These are their journeys and their new idea of home.

The post-World War II building boom in Southern California created a gluttony in the housing market, forcing prices to boom and people to re-locate. The search for the perfect single-family home pressured many of us to move further away from the city and into the suburbs. And it forced us to rely more and more, on the automobile.

As extensions of our living room, cars have now become the hub of our social space. In this new idea of home, we commune and try to hold on to a semblance of family life.

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