Freedom on the Road – Paperback

Inspired by Kerouac’s”On the Road” and Orwell’s “Down and Out in Paris and London”, Lee Pearce shared many of the same perils and pleasures of those authors..

Hitting the road at 16, he hitchhiked for the next seven years around Australia, Europe, Israel, and Overland to India. Sometimes alone and at other times with friends and lovers.

His Irreverent and perceptive descriptions of his travels accompany80 photographs taken at the time.

This book documents his rebellious youth, from being a “young swaggie” to a beatnik in Sydney, and the steady rise of his photographic career. He captures the wonder and adventure of his travels with humour, and exposes the dark moments of despair.

Until, on a beach in India, he finally comprehends what he was searching for by travelling thousands of miles on the road.