Forty Years of Motorsport Photography
By Jesse Alexander
- Release Date: 2011-09-09
- Genre: Sports & Outdoors
Description
Legendary mid-century Motorsport photographer, Jesse Alexander and publisher-eBook Artist have collaborated on a wonderful new book for the iPad, a beautifully crafted and enhanced-multimedia eBook based on Jesse’s printed book with the same title. The eBook version allows the viewer a unique and intimate insider’s view of Jesse’s iconic black and white photographs from the 1950’s and 60’s. Each image is personally narrated by Jesse himself using an optional audio player. The eBook version also contains several photographs never published before- including Steve McQueen, Phil Hill and Henri Cartier Bresson. The images can be enlarged by pinching with your fingers and the captions are searchable through Google. Forty Years of Motorsport Photography is a must have for aficionados of automobiles, racing history, and photography.
Jesse Alexander is considered one of the greatest race car photographers in history. His images of vintage automobiles and the people who gave them life; captured from the European race circuit during the 1950’s and 60’s are collected and exhibited by museums and galleries throughout the world.
eBook Artist designs and creates multimedia eBooks, specializing in Art, Photography, and Travel books with audio, video and geo map location.
Reviews
Great photos, no audio
4By MS91711The photographs are classic. These pages are more than photos they are documented history. I wish the audio worked, hope I'm not missing much.racing
4By Rough Around the Edgesan excellent book on racing - the audio makes it really interesting - another book, "the Racers" also uses audio to add anecdotes from drivers and other tidbits of information to make the viewing experience all the more interesting, but covers the 60's and 70's, an era of great change in racing history; also available for the iPadForty Years of Motorsport Photography
5By 23legendsExcellent. All 87 pages of fine art photographs look amazing on the iPad. The images are enhanced with audio commentary from the photographer. This is the best photography book available for the iPad and one of the many good reasons to justify owning one. Worth every penny.His Machines Come to Life
5By BobDoisneauJesse Alexander's gift is bringing life to the automobiles he photographs. Humans become machines and simple background noise. This is an incredible book with the choice of hearing Jesse himself describe his experience with each photograph. Audio and video on top of the beautiful photographs… A spectacular use of the format. Bravo.This book is way cool.
5By David LeRoyThis is not just any E-book. I think it really represents the future of photographic e-books. The voice over of the photographer telling the story behind each image is so powerful, because it transforms this from a photographic book, to an engaging story as told by the man who saw it all through his lens. It feels like more like an interview in his home. I am so impressed with this book and thankful for its publication. The voice over, the fixed layout style, and the content make this an outstanding example of the next generation of photographic publications. Ebook Artist has done it again!Forty Years of Motorsport Photography
5By barniemomThis book is beautiful and put together in such a unique and professional way. What a life Jesse must have had - and the ebook artist knew how to capture the essence of it all. Very interesting and artfully done.
