By Pascal Ollier | Opinion
The recent couple of posts on simplicity/complexity resonated with me in a particular way. When I started taking pictures some 30 odd years ago, I went for all-out simplicity. A body, a zoom lens and voilà! No need to change the lens, no need to focus, just P.H.D. (press here, dummy!). Since I […]
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By Pascal Ollier | Travel Photography
With exhibitions again allowed in Belgium, Autoworld in Brussels has opened a temporary celebration of the Porsche 356, which blows its 70 candles this year. Stemming from the VW Beetle, i.e. with very humble origins, the 356 turned into a real fast car over the years, if not a genuine sports car. Low drag, good […]
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
Love him or hate him, Jeremy Clarkson is leaving his mark on the motoring journalism world. Among his numerous aphorisms, one states that a carefully renovated cottage should always have a classic British car parked in the drive. His argument was made during one of the more extraordinary episodes of Top Gear ever to be […]
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By Pascal Ollier | Travel Photography
Brussels is endowed with a permanent automobile exhibition hall around the monument celebrating its relatively recent independence, called “AutoWorld”. Built late in the 19th century for a national exhibition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of said independence, the building houses many cars from one of the largest car collections in the world based close to […]
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After a hiatus of more than 10 years, last year I became a car owner again. Living in a city I didn’t need a car, but circumstances had changed and a car gives more flexibility and ease when making long journeys at short notice. I’ve always had an interest in cars, but the process of […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
Following-up with Steffen Kamprath’s interesting idea of showing off portfolios of ongoing projects, here’s a mainly image-based contribution of mine : cars that look right in their surroundings. I’ve been photographing cars like this for some time now, but the idea formalised when watching Top Gear, some years ago. In the […]
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
Cars tell a lot about a country. There’s very little I enjoy photographing more when traveling than the local cars. Over here, in Green Provence, the weather has been miserable and work has kept me away from my camera for some time. So I’ve taken a few minutes to dig up pics from my summer […]
Continue readingSan Francisco – J’étais au volant d’une voiture de location, une bruine et une brume envahissantes, Pont d’Oakland, toutes les voitures sont grises, blanches ou noires…comme le paysage et le ciel chargé de nuages. J’aperçois au loin cette vieille Ford Chevrolet rouge rouille au milieu de cet enchevêtrement de poutrelles métalliques, au loin les gratte-ciels, […]
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