Short Track...A Leica shooter's new book

[David_Manning]

I just corresponded with this shooter. He shot his book, Short Track, with Tri-X and Leica rangefinders. Thought I'd pass the link along...

http://jakemendel.com/

 

[J. Borger]

Lovely work! Thanks for the link.

 

[robklurfield]

The book is very nicely done and captures a way of life. Thanks for the link.

 

[Todd.Hanz]

well done, capturing a great balance of the racing lifestyle and the competition.

Todd

 

[brainwood]

Nice take on the dirt track racer and life around it. Jake's shot of a car leading a race particulary stands out to me as its not the cliche shot of Motor racing. I like the motion hes captured. You can smell the oil in most of his pictures.

I spent sometime myself competing on a purely amateur level in the UK hillclimb and Sprint world and he's certainly captured the all consuming nature of motorsport. To the outsider the rewards can seem small but to the driver ( I guess most of these guys prepare their own cars) the thrill of race can be enough of a drug on its own. Jake's shots capture this well

 

[_goodtimez]

AWESOME. That is exactly the type of stuff I love and shot with a lovely camera and more importantly with a great artistic talent.

 

[zenlibra]

Thanks for sharing the link. Some really interesting stuff there.

 

[shadowfox]

Thumbs up!

Really good and focused piece of documentary without being predictable.

 

[John Rountree]

Thanks, I will show this to my Documentary class.