I love this photo. It has so many things that make me genuinely excited when I see them for the first time. I love the black and white tones. I love the abstractness in that you can’t see exactly what’s going on. I love that there are people in the photograph who are actually experiencing this moment and will tell stories to friends and family for years to come. I love that it’s off-center and visually leaning and takes your eyes to something unseen. Everyone who sees this can make up their own story as to what may be happening or a memory of a moment they have experienced. I love the softness and out-of-focus areas of this image. Personally, I tend to feel this moment rather than focus on very specific elements–yet there are so many details to see if you look closer. I love the timing and the movement. Shots like this are a gift. I cannot set-up the exact moment that the cars are perfectly where I want and set up the dust and rocks thrown behind the tires as they spin. This is not photoshop but a moment seen. I was standing on the starting line watching the cars leaving looking for things that might be visually interesting and story telling. I had noticed the wheel spin and the dust flying and rather than focus on the cars I was trying to photograph the dirt. There was no purpose to showing just dirt in the air so I needed just enough of the cars to give it a context. There was no interest to me in just cars and dust so adding the visual element of the people just brought this to a complete story. I love this photo.
In my experience it is exceedingly rare for a photo like this to get much attention or to be considered for a magazine. Magazines generally have pretty specific formulas and styles that have historically achieved the highest sales and positive feedback–and this makes sense. But sometimes there are magazines and art-directors out there who are willing to try something different and take chances. Magneto Magazine and art director Pete Allen are a great example of a team willing to step out of the box and produce what I consider one of the best written and produced print magazines in the world today. I was extremely blessed, honored and quite frankly surprised that they made this photo the lead image for a story about my dear friends The Rolling Bones in the Winter 2022 issue #16. This was to be very sadly Ken Schmidt’s last Rolling Bones Bonneville adventure and I was so lucky to be there and share these memories with so many friends in person. It is an honor to share these with you and I hope that it inspires you to get out and stir up some dust and make some memories and grand stories of your own.
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