Nomadicana in Salt Lake City Brings Modern Design and Tech to Vintage Airstreams

Photography for Wildsam. Reporting by Natalia Galicza.

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Nate Kantor keeps his first Airstream parked outside the Nomadicana warehouse on the western outskirts of Salt Lake City. When days of installing air foam, polishing aluminum and carving cabinetry in the workshop grow long, Kantor sneaks off to this 1974-built beauty, which served as his full-time home when he was a photographer roaming the West. There, he finds inspiration.

A man sits on a built-in window seat in a cozy room with orange curtains, bookshelves, and a colorful blanket behind him, smiling at the camera.
A young man stands with his eyes closed and face tilted upward, basking in sunlight in front of a silver Airstream trailer.
Five men standing and sitting near a shiny vintage trailer in an industrial warehouse, with another trailer partially visible in the foreground.
A person wearing black gloves uses a heat gun to straighten a metal spring.
A person working on a wooden workbench inside a hangar with two vintage aircrafts, one labeled AirStream, in the background.
Interior of a cozy living space with a dark sofa adorned with decorative cushions, a window with orange patterned curtains, a bookshelf with books and a woven basket, a small framed picture, and irregularly shaped windows on a white wall.
A man wearing protective glasses and yellow gloves uses a heat gun on a sheet of material in a workshop, with classic vehicle bodies visible in the background.
Close-up of a vintage Airstream trailer with a shiny metallic exterior and a large window at the rear.
Person kneeling and marking a wall with a marker while working on renovation, with tools on the floor and other people in the background.
A man wearing safety glasses, a black shirt, and work gloves installs a sheet of drywall inside a textured yellow-walled room.
A small orange container filled with spent bullet casings resting on a red toolbox surface.
A person working in a workshop, measuring a piece of wood on a table saw. In the background, there is a partially assembled or disassembled airplane in a hangar.
A man working on an aluminum trailer exterior, using a screwdriver to install or repair a door handle, while standing inside the trailer.