I didn’t even have an official shop and I’d already been in eight or nine magazines and gotten two Top 10 Cars of the Year awards, which are extremely coveted. At that point I basically crossed my fingers and opened up a shop in Simi Valley and soon we had another Top 10 Car, but at the same time, I basically lived in my shop. Life’s very different when you live in an industrial complex. The building had no heat, no A/C, so it’s either extremely cold or scorching hot. I joined a gym so I had somewhere to shower! That’s how Pure Vision came to be. I was really surprised. I never thought anybody would pay me to build a car for them.
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My dad’s stories got me into cars. We’d go to car shows a lot and they were all really fun and he’d tell me all the cars that we’d see, but his own stories were my favorite. He and his brothers – he has six brothers – they would get cars and trick them out and race them. There were all kinds of crazy stories of those wild days. That’s what I loved the most about the car scene. My dad was so passionate about it and that passion ignited me.
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Why do you go to a car show? It may seem like a silly question, but I always wonder why people go to a show. The obvious answers are: Looking for new ideas for my project or putting off doing the weekend “honey-do’s”. You don’t hear, “nothing better to do” or “my buddy dragged me…
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You’ve most likely seen Tom’s work before. If not in your favorite magazine, then at your favorite car-show. His expressive use of color, fabulous lighting and striking compositions are recognizable. I had the opportunity to speak with Tom about his work and the hot rod culture. He likened hot rodders as the new cowboys exploring…
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If you haven’t heard by now Pep Boys, a long time stable automotive super-center of choice – is going back to its roots by opening Speed Shops within existing stores in key Pep Boys markets throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Team EBC and Genevieve Chappell traveled to the Dallas Texas area to celebrate…
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Cars require more lights, more information and creative positioning to shoot than women do. I have photographed thousands of women, but shooting cars by themselves always poses a challenge. I can never light two cars the same. Every car has its own set of curves, lines, and angles.
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