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At the age of 12, Ed received his first camera as a gift from his mom & dad. The
camera being a rangefinder style fixed lens Konica Auto S2. The following year, he
was selected as one of three students to man an experimental darkroom at his junior
high school. Ed was spurred on by his father who had always had a great love of photography.
At
14, he was shooting at local racetracks in Southern California; like the NHRA Winternationals
at Pomona Raceway, Irwindale Dragstrip, Ontario Motor Speedway, Riverside International
Raceway and others. By 15 he had truly become a fixture at the local race tracks
as one of the "regulars" and turned "pro". Obviously this was before Ed had his drivers
license, so usually he had to rely on getting a ride to the tracks from his dad or
one of his uncles. All of this was a natural progression as he was part of a well
known racing family and had already spent the better part of his childhood around
race tracks.
But recording the events through the lens of a camera added another dimension.
Now after almost 40 years of shooting, Ed is able to share some of his photos via
the Internet. You might recognize many from magazines or advertisements where they
have previously appeared. Ed was a regular contributor to many of the Petersen Publishing
magazines including CAR CRAFT and HOT ROD, in addition to the popular and legendary
DRAG RACING USA, DRAG NEWS, and NATIONAL DRAGSTER.
In addition to his photography,
Ed became the track writer for Irwindale Raceway at 16, writing the weekly coverage
of track activities for NHRA's NATIONAL DRAGSTER and DRAG NEWS.
Watch the short documentary below to hear Ed talk about his life in photography and
what photography means to him.
Ed at the now non-existent Ontario Motor Speedway on the outside of turn one. Behind
Ed is his good friend and fellow photographer Dale von Trebra.
If you're into cameras,
in Ed's lap is a Hasselblad 500EL with a 250mm lens. Hasselblad was the camera that
was taken to the moon and shot all of the incredible photographs you saw. It was
also the camera of choice for over 90% of the LIFE magazine covers. It is a 2 1/4"
x 2 1/4" negative format.
The camera hanging on Ed's shoulder is a motor driven Nikon
F Photomic Tn. Nikon was the originator of the first production motor driven camera.
Of course the Nikon is 35mm format. Ed still owns both of these cameras.