Motor Racing
Extraordinary Images from 1900 to 1970
Published on 13. May 2004
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-1-84403-203-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book features extraordinary images of motor racing which give a unique insight into this most dangerous and exhilarating of sports. "Motor Racing The Golden Age" is a unique collection of over 275 images from the last century of racing. Following the design, format and idea of the successful "Football: The Golden Age", this book celebrates all aspects of the motor racing world - the drivers, the fans, the race tracks, the cars, the crashes and pit-stops. It goes further to look at the history behind motor racing - the hill climbs, rallies through cities and even the land speed records. "Motor Racing: The Golden Age" remembers when the cars were fast, the drivers were furious and the photographers the bravest men on the track - a true golden age of both sport and photography.
Reviews / Votes
This oversize book is a treasure trove of photographs gleaned from a variety of archival sources, all having car racing as their subject matter. The "golden age" to which the title refers is the period during which the "art" of car-racing photography stood at its dynamic finest: from the early years of the twentieth century to the 1970s. The black-and-white images offered in this album give intriguing aerial views of racetracks, informal snaps of famous drivers in action or in repose, a fun shot of drivers "recuperating" postrace at a Monte Carlo cafe, and several that capture loss-of-control accidents. Fast-paced action and fearless personalities leap from these pages. Introduced with spirit and style by world-renowned driver Jackie Stewart, this is a gripping book for car and sports enthusiasts. --More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Illustrations
285 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 300 mm
Width: 261 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
2430 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84403-203-7 (9781844032037)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
John Tennant has designed and art directed magazines for over 25 years. During that time he has worked for, among others, The Sunday Times Magazine, the Observer Magazine and the Daily Mail. He launched and edited the Sunday Herald Magazine in Australia and was Creative Director of the Daily Express from 1996-2000. This book combines two of his passions: sport and photography.
Content
Introduction; Foreword by Sir Jackie Stewart OBE; The Photographs; Index; Credits and acknowledgments.