Shot by Ansel Adams with a large-format 8×10 view camera and wide-angle 90mm Angulon lens. Dramatic landscape composition. Distance: 100 feet from subject. A silver Pontiac Bonneville kicks up a dramatic dust plume across the Mojave Desert testing grounds as GM engineers evaluate its performance. The setting sun casts the car in silhouette against a gradient sky streaking from orange to indigo. Joshua trees and desert scrub frame the scene while distant mountains form a jagged backdrop. Military jets from nearby Edwards Air Force Base leave contrails overhead as test pilots push new aircraft to their limits. The Bonneville's radical tailfins slice through the desert air as it navigates the choreographed slalom course marked by white-painted barrels. Men in short-sleeve shirts and narrow ties make notes on clipboards while timing the runs with stopwatches. A prototype of next year's model sits partially covered under a canvas tarp nearby. Radio antennas sprout from a temporary command post where engineers monitor telemetry equipment, capturing data on this automotive vision of America's high-speed future.