Motor Racing: The Golden Age: Extraordinary Images from 1900 to 1970 (Golden Age S.) Summary and Reviews

Motor Racing: The Golden Age: Extraordinary Images from 1900 to 1970 (Golden Age S.)
by John Tennant

Motor Racing: The Golden Age: Extraordinary Images from 1900 to 1970 (Golden Age S.)
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Author: John Tennant
Introduction: Jackie Stewart
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-28
ISBN: 1844032035
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Cassell Illustrated

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Book Review: Excellent photographic selection.
Summary: 5 Stars

A very highly recommended collection of b/w photos.

The emphasis is on "unusual" shots rather than the same old cliched action shots we've all seen a million times before - I guess I've not seen 90%+ of the pics in this book. Repro standards are excellent and the large-format book is over 350 pages. A big, heavy, nicely-produced piece of work.

Subject matter - mostly 20s-30s, and 50s - with some forays through into the 60s and into the pioneering days of racing. Covers the whole spectrum of the sport, with some particularly stunning photos of record breakers and their vehicles. As well as the obvious stuff about important races, there are interesting shots of minor races, pit/paddock/workshop shots, spectators, drivers "off duty", "sideshow" events, and pretty much anything related to the sport. It's great "dip into" stuff, and (as Tennant observes in his intro) the key to it is looking at the little details as much as the overall "story" that the pics tell. The organisation is a bit chaotic, there's no obvious historic or thematic flow to the book, but that throws up some interesting clusters and juxtapositions.

Text is limited to a brief piece by Tennant and a couple of pages by Jackie Stewart, then terse captions. But the pictures tend to tell their own stories brilliantly. A book you can spend hours browsing and I think you'll get something more out of it every time.

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