Automotive
I am intimately and passionately interested in human technology and the complex impacts it engenders. Technology is often considered to be at odds with the natural world, but that is not my experience and view, and I hope that my images of landscapes and automobiles challenge this dualistic thinking.
Many of my automotive images feature Porsches and, frequently, are shot from the unique (and fast-fleeting) vantage of the pilot’s seat.
The 993 is the last of the air-cooled 911s and is a contender for finest air-cooled automobile ever manufactured.
Nearly 100 miles into a 500-mile road rally, sunrise occurs in the clear skies of the Sierra Nevada foothills...my kind of day!
Call it June Gloom. Fog add a dimension to road rallying that lends itself to both photography & paying close attention to the rapidly changing conditions.
The heat signature of the 3.6 liter flat 6 engine of a Porsche 993.
Less is more. Remove weight. Gain quickness. And speed. And if it needs to be said, a bit more nimbleness through the twisties. Go drive.
There are many small joys in life, including the way tunnels amplify the sound of an automobile engine, especially a Flat-6 of a Porsche 911.
There are ho hum vintage and classic vehicles, and then there is the Porsche 356 Cabriolet: top down motoring at its finest.
Dusk on the Redwood Highway (U.S. 101) in Humboldt County after more than 12 hours of driving a rally with a few other Porsche 911s.
Looks like someone is planning to rally during the night! Go Drive.
The processing of this image removed much of the shape of these 911s, but if I stare at it for a few moments, my eye begins to fill back in what is missing.
The business end of a handful of Porsche 911s at a little get-together at the PCA Werk's Reunion in Monterey, CA. In one basic shape. And many flavors!
After more than 8 hours wondering among the metallic eye candy at the PCA's Werk's Reunion in Monterey CA, I find parked under a tree, a survivor.
Following a Carrera GTS in darkness before the golden hour of what will be a very long and wonderful day rallying up (and down!) the NorCal coast.
Late in the day at the CSRG Charity Challenge Vintage Car Races at Sonoma Raceway and the adrenalin that was pumping for the day ran out.
Leaving San Rafael, CA for an ~600 mile road rally in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, an early start is required and desired when traveling over Sonora Pass.
This modified 993 is participating in a 600-mile road rally throughout the Central Sierra Nevada and eastern California.
This 993 Carrera is on the first leg of a 600-mile rally from the San Francisco Bay area to the Eastern Sierra Nevada and back in one glorious day.
At the most unexpected of times, a work of art may drive by: it is best to keep your eyes open.
During a quick break from a road rally in Northern California, the early AM light on Mt. Tam just north of the Golden Gate made 2 of the 911s seem unearthly.
Sonora Pass over the Sierra Nevada in California is a rally car destination which can only be described as mentally & physically challenging to traverse.
A 911 is a 911 is a 911, right? WRONG! The 991 evolution further defines function over form but oh my, that form is as gorgeous a 911 as was ever crafted.
Living on the Pacific Coast often yields intense sunsets which, when they're captured, take on a beauty that cannot be anticipated.
A parade of 911s travel in unison at speed up CA-1 on the Northern California coast.
A clean metallic surface yields an almost 3-dimensional reflection of the Pacific Ocean & sky while rapidly moving (yes, this is rolling art).
Picking up the rear in a train of three 997s, my fellow travelers are silhouetted in front of me in the pre-dawn darkness, lit only by the moon.
Topping a hill, the Porsche Carrera GTS continues north on CA-1 along the Marin - Sonoma Coast.
Two wide body Porsche Carreras (997.2) prepare for a day of road rallying on California's north coast.
Early morning can be magical, especially when a few Porsche 911s are pointed north on CA-1 on the Northern California coast.
The pre-dawn natural light of the full moon illuminate two Porsche Carreras (997.2) traveling north on CA-1 on NorCal's Marin - Sonoma coast.
Historic race cars that are regularly driven in vintage races on the track in competition are living works of mechanical art.
There is a special garage in Arcata, CA which houses Alfa Romeos and Porsches of many stripes.Magic hides behind those headlights...
How do you keep a fast car planted on the road? Play with the air. It may work. Or not.
Leaving pit row for the start grid and practice, an open seater joins the fray.
Rennsport Reunion 2018 at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey CA was an aural and visual candy store for all things associated with Porsche motorsport.
A Porsche car rally heads north on CA-1 bound for Arcata, CA from the SF Bay Area in a 300-mile excursion on one of the finest driving roads on the planet.
The 2012 Porsche Carrera GTS is a special beast and is one of the all-around best iterations of the 911.
Every so often, timing & luck coincide & an image that should just have been left for the mind's eye is memorialized in freezing a brief moment in time.
My simplest homage to the marque. My 2010 Carrara White Carrera 4S (997.2). Less is more. Form over function. Win on Sunday drive to work on Monday.
"If you can create something time cannot erode, something which ignores the eccentricities of particular eras or moments, something truly timeless...this is the ultimate victory."
— Dr. Ferry Porsche