Dear Fellow
Centenary p2p Rallyists
It's been a while since we crossed the finish line in Paris where
some of you may have run over the toes of PY in your haste to reach
civilisation and the pleasures that go with it.
Who would have thought that the five weeks of trials and tribulations
which we all experienced at some stage or another during the course
of that great escapade in the summer of 2007, would bring such
a different perspective on life?
It was always my intention to make sure the trip was not forgotten
and furthermore, since photography is how I earn my living it would
have been criminal to waste such a great opportunity by failing
to record it properly - those freezing mornings in the Gobi followed
by hours of sweltering sun and all the time the continuous jolting
of the car on rocks and the constant pressure to make it to
camp that evening. All that and the changing landscapes of 12000
odd kilometres and the many friendships established en route, were
the making of an eventful location shoot.
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I have produced this book to commemorate
the rally, the people I met, their cars and the places we passed
through. My primary role as navigator on the trip meant I was taking
photographs on the move, shooting what I saw as we kept up with
the pace set for us. As a result, the photographs have a dynamic
that would not have been achieved if I had been perched by roadsides
waiting for cars to pass. I hope my pictures show what it was really
like to be there, competing day in and out for five weeks.
The attached pdf is a short
taster of what I captured, to give a flavour of the whole 178-page
book. The finished article is quite large as coffee table books
go; hard backed, approximately 300 x 380 and to be presented
in a Gobi sand coloured fabric bound slip case with ‘p2p’ embossed
on the front of both the book and the slip cover.
There are only 100 copies of this very special
limited edition book priced at £400 each. Postage will be added at £10
special delivery to mainland UK and £12 special delivery
to Europe. Please contact me for quotes to other parts of the World.
Though I can’t guarantee delivery for Christmas as they are
being printed in Hong Kong, I have every hope that the books will
arrive at around that time.
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