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HSCC – Oulton Park Gold Cup 27th-29th August 2011

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:53:31 +0000

The August bank holiday, saw the usual festival of historic racing cars at the Oulton Park Gold Cup meeting. This year’s meeting was a celebration marking 50 years of the iconic Jaguar E-Type.

With over thirty-three Jaguar E-types lining up for the two thirty minuet races of the weekend, the drivers include Jon, Alan and Jason Minshaw, Barrie Williams, Tony Jardine and John Cleland.

The HSCC HyBox Historic Touring Cars had an entry list of which included Austin Mini Cooper S, Hillman Imps and a collection of Lotus Cortinas. But it was Mark Jones at the wheel of his Ford Louts Cortina which took victory, second place went to Tim Davies also in a Lotus Cortina, with third place going to Andy Jones in a Singer Chamois.

Here you can find a selection of images from most of the races.

Night & Day

admin — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:32:02 +0000

Night & Day. Location: St Georges Dock Ventilation Station Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Designer: Herbert J. Rowse 1925-1934, Rebuilt 1951-1952 Sculptor: Edmund C Thompson The statues of Day and Night can be found near the base of the George’s Dock Ventilation and Central Station of the Mersey Road Tunnel. This ventilation tower is one of six in total for the Queens Way tunnel. The tower was designed by Sir Basil Mott (Main architect) and John A. Brodie (Liverpool City Engineer) with Herbert J. Rowse as architect. The tower which forms part of the Liverpool skyline and part of the world heritage site was badly damaged during the war, and had to be largely rebuilt by Rowse in 1951-52. The two statues are made of Basalt and were sculpted by Edmund C Thompson.

Another Place by Antony Gormley

admin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:58:44 +0000

Another Place by the Turner winning artist Antony Gormley can be found on the beach at Crosby, to the north of the dock in Liverpool. It consists of 100 life-size cast-iron figures spread over 3km of the Crosby beach. Each figure is staring out over the Irish Sea and as the tides ebb and flow, the iron men as they have become known as locally are revealed and submerged by the sea. The figures are cast replicas of the artist’s own body, and have been seen in Germany, Norway and Belgium, before settling in Crosby permanently.

New beginnings

admin — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:34:05 +0000

It has been sometime since I last updated my public view able work or posted to this Blog. The main reason for this is that I am taking a prolonged sabbatical from motorsport photography to concentrate on other work and projects. One of the reasons I have chosen to take this sabbatical form UK motorsport is because it is just no longer financially viable. The reason for this is because there are just too many photographers out there who are prepared to just give their work away for free or in exchange for a letter to enable them to apply for a media accreditation.

I don’t want to sound bitter about this, because frankly it’s just not worth it. I have taken this as an opportunity to push my photography into new areas and I can now say with honesty, I am now enjoying my work. There is also the additional bonus, that, I now and have more weekends’ free to concentrate on personal projects some of which will be published here. The decision to take a prolonged sabbatical does not mean that I have totally give up on motorsport photography, I have not. I hope to be seen again working at race meeting but this will be very selected UK meetings and some international meetings which will be mainly overseas, and I expect once again to be working with some of my old and well established clients.

750 Motor Club Championship Car Races

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:15:06 +0000

750 Motor Club. Championship Car Races. Oulton Park 5th September 2009.

Photo gallery’s can be seen at the following links

750MC Formula 4 Championship
750MC Formula Vee Championship
Demon Tweeks/Yokohama Locost Championship
Polleysport/Yokohama SAXMAX Championship
Demon Tweeks/Yokohama Stock Hatch Championship

New web site launch

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:45:43 +0000

New web site launched today Saturday 12^th September.

The photo gallery’s can be viewed at http://archive.petertaylor-photographic.co.uk/