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el mir age
of the nuances of Zwart’s close-up, de-saturated color photography. Each one of the 24 drivers in Three Points of Contact is profiled in six-pages of photographs and commentary. These profiles include a statistical career summary, as well as personal observations on how the three points of contact define each one’s driving and success. A concluding chapter presents The Race of Champions in words and photographs. Other drivers featured in the book include Formula One stars David Coulthard, Jenson Button, Heikki Kovalainen, and eight-times Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen, X-Games and Rally America Champion Travis Pastrana, and 1995 World Rally Champion Colin McRae. This limited-edition book is just one of 1,500 copies, and is presented in a handsome cloth-covered slipcase.
Eighty miles outside of Los Angeles, on the edge of the Mojave Desert, sits a barren, dry lake bed known as El Mirage. For more than 75 years, its five miles of uninterrupted expanse has been the holy ground for land speed racers.
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El Mirage is a personal project by renowned commercial and editorial photographer Lee Powers. The book documents the place, the people and, of course, the cars. The book is available to buy directly from Lee Powers, and is exclusive to 1º readers. Just mention us when ordering. For more information e-mail: info@leepowers.com
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