Ed at the now non-existent Ontario Motor Speedway on the outside of turn one. Behind Ed is his good friend and fellow photographer Dale von Trebra.
If you're into cameras, in Ed's lap is a Hasselblad 500EL with a 250mm lens. Hasselblad was the camera that was taken to the moon and shot all of the incredible photographs you saw. It was also the camera of choice for over 90% of the LIFE magazine covers. It is 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" negative format.
The camera hanging on Ed's shoulder is a motor driven Nikon F Photomic Tn. This is a motor driven model. Nikon was the originator of the first production motor driven camera. Of course the Nikon is 35mm format. Ed still owns both of these cameras.
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At 14 he was shooting at local racetracks in Southern California, like the NHRA Winternationals at Pomona Raceway, Irwindale Dragstrip, Ontario Motor Speedway, Riverside International Raceway and others. By 15 he had truly become a fixture at the local race tracks as one of the "regulars" and turned "pro". Obviously this was before Ed had his drivers license, so he had to rely on getting a ride to the tracks from his dad, one of his uncles or someone else. His involvement with auto racing made sense since he was part of a well known racing family and had already spent the better part of his early life around race tracks.
But recording the events through the lens of a camera added another dimension. Now after almost 40 years of shooting, Ed is able to share some of his photos personally via the Internet. You might recognize many from magazines or advertisements where they have previously appeared. Ed was a regular contributor to many of the Petersen Publishing magazines including CAR CRAFT and HOT ROD, in addition to the popular and legendary DRAG RACING USA, DRAG NEWS, and NATIONAL DRAGSTER.
In addition to his photography, Ed became the track writer for Irwindale Raceway at 16, writing the weekly coverage of track activities for NHRA's NATIONAL DRAGSTER and DRAG NEWS.
You'll find a small sampling of photographs out of the thousands that Ed has shot on the pages listed below. Click on subject area to proceed to those photographs.
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