Coffee Table Book - Thomas Hoepker: The Way It WasTwo road tripsone in black and white, the other coloracross two Americas, nearly 60 years apart Magnum photographer (and former Magnum president) Thomas Hoepker (born 1936) was 27 years old when he set out on his ambitious journey across the United Statesone that took him from coast to coast and back again over the course of three months and resulted in thousands of photos. The year was 1963 and Hoepker had been commissioned by the German magazine