Stock Car

Markus Krottendorfer

Publisher
Fotohof
Year
2008
ISBN
9783902675064
Specifications
Softcover
Open thread stitch binding
27 x 20 cm
280 pages
135 b/w images
Limited edition of 1000 (2 covers, 500 each)
Language: English, German
Text by David Staretz

The book features a series of black-and-white photographs of stock car races in England. Race-modified production cars, some of them badly dented or covered in stickers, cars at a standstill, racing, flying through the air, colliding; scenes before and during the race, taken from and on the stands, from the edge of the track, and in the pits; drivers, mechanics, spectators; scrap heaps and brightly polished engine bonnets. The photographer’s eye is directed not just at the event itself, but also at its social environment as a whole. As you leaf through the printed pages, the double-sided photographs of what was originally a slide show create the impression of a projected sequence. The layout and the emotionally charged images are such that you feel transported back to the 70s. It’s British motor racing in its purest form.

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