Ben Pier, Photographer, New York

Description

This portrait by photographer Ben Pier captures a race car driver kneeling on the asphalt of a speedway in front of a vintage gold stock car. The subject wears a white racing jumpsuit with blue stripe accents, aviator sunglasses, a mustache, and red leather cowboy boots. The gold car features the number 74 painted in large red numerals on its side panel. In the background, the multi-tiered grandstands of the racetrack rise under an overcast sky with light towers overhead. The composition is bathed in natural daylight with a warm, nostalgic color grade reminiscent of 1970s motorsport photography.