The American photographer Christian Heeb became known for his pictures of American landscapes and Indian portraits. After a long and successful career as a travel photographer, he started his American Dreamscapes series in 2011. The darkness on the outskirts of the city and the world of the forgotten Americans in the province’s trailer parks are the content of Dreamscapes. Photographed with cinematic lighting and theatrical staging, he creates images with a strong evocative effect. His pictures show an America away from the big tourist attractions and reflect a world full of American obsessions. Guns, sex and a fake religiosity can be found in a strangely emotionless stage full of nostalgic, transfigured ghost towns from America’s golden age. The American Dreamscapes and the Road Movie pictures from the Lost Highway series find their climax in the Uncle Sam series where the photographer stages himself as “Captain America”.