While pretty much any roadside structure in the US caught John Margolies' eye, fellow photographer Steve Fitch seems to have been especially drawn to taking pictures of the nation's drive-in movie theatres - on the evidence of this Guardian gallery, at least.
As he told Bill Shapiro, "There's something about putting up this big rectangle in the landscape, this frame, and projecting American ideals, illusions and fantasies on it."
Shot at dusk in black and white, the theatres - once the cutting edge of cool - now look like gravestones for the American dream, churches without a congregation.
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