A Typology of San Francisco Street Parking
An unscientific, pictorial field guide to utilitarian cars in their natural condition and environment, which is the neighborhood kerbsides of the City by the Bay
de The Other Martin Taylor
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À propos du livre
Each individual car has a finite life just as each of us. The bumps, scrapes and mileage of everyday life combined with the slow erosion of iron back to more primitive compounds when exposed to oxygen and water means that it is only a matter of time before the factory-fresh, new car is sent to the junk yard and crusher. Metal rusts, rubber hardens, paint oxidizes and chrome pits. Most new cars are babied in a garage so the cars we see living on the streets are usually, at their youngest, middle aged. For some, life on the streets is their last stop before a tow to the breakers. For others they still have decades of useful life ahead of them. A rare few will be selected for restoration and a pampered retirement. Each has a life story to tell.
Caractéristiques et détails
- Catégorie principale: Livres d'art et de photographie
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Format choisi: Format paysage, 25×20 cm
# de pages: 120 - Date de publication: juil 07, 2009
- Mots-clés San Francisco, culture, automobiles, cars, America, photography
À propos du créateur
The other Martin Taylor was born at the tail end of the 60's in the north west of England. He began taking pictures in his early teens but, when the time came to choose a discipline for his degree, and later, a way to earn a living, he was persuaded that photography was not a respectable pursuit for a grown man. Ever since Martin has been trying to pursue a photographic life outside the constraints of the 9-to-5 and cubicle culture. He has almost given up such foolishness several times but his love of photography always draws him back. He considers himself a true amateur; an enthusiast who pursues photography purely for the love of it a without being beholden to clients or picture editors.