what was the draw to photograph motorsports?


I was photographing an activity which I really enjoyed. It was exciting. I didn’t really have any sense of a ca- reer, or any ambition of making a career out of pho- tography. It was fun just hanging out next to the cars.


when did it become a career?


When I went to Europe in 1954. I needed to earn some money. I had a friend who had a car magazine, so he wanted me to send him photographs from Europe. It began to steamroll from there.


You photographed at le Mans in 1965 fornewsweek. what was the biggest challenge for you shooting that race?


It’s a 24-hour race, shooting at night. It’s a photog- rapher’s delight because it usually rains so you get wonderful wet imagery and good action. There was a huge crowd there like a county fair.


ABOVE, Sir Stirling Moss drove the historic Mercedes-Benz 300SLR (722) race car pictured here in the 1955 Mille Miglia, Italy. He set a continuous world speed record averaging 195 mph over the 1,000-mile course.


RIGHT, the pit area ‘looks to the slick streets at the Monaco Grand Prix 1966. The race is still the most glamorous motor sports event in the world, attracting fans from the Cannes Film Festival.


OPPOSITE PAGE, the fast times of Jesse Alexander will be documented in an upcoming fifth book. On the local scene, find his work hanging at Sly’s Restaurant in Carpinteria.


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