The Klemantaski Collection
The Klemantaski collection consists of over 400,000 motor racing photographs and is one of the largest and most varied libraries of its kind anywhere in the world. The Collection is based on two major archives.
The first includes all of the motor racing images taken by the famous photographer Louis Klemantaski during his long and active career from 1936-1974.
The second archive incorporates the motor racing photographs of the highly respected Nigel Snowdon who, with his wife Diana Burnett, has been photographing many of the Grand Prix and International Sports Car races since the early 1960's.
The Klemantaski Collection also has several smaller archives, including the famous Modena-based work by Peter Coltrin, archives of the well-known English motor sports photographers Edward Eves, T.C. March, Alan R. Smith, and Colin Waldeck and the work of the respected American photo journalist and author Robert Daley.
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Louis Klemantaski (20)
Louis Klemantaski is the true inheritor of Jacques-Henri Lartigue who pioneered the art of photography of moving objects in the early 1900's. Klemantaski's work, which spans the years from 1936 to 1974, represents the aesthetic pinnacle of this technique. For five years in the mid-1950’s he rode as passenger in the Mille Miglia, the most famous of all the open road races, which resulted in some of the most dramatic photography ever taken. He has authored over a dozen books of his work which has also appeared in hundreds of other publications and numerous exhibits. In the view of many experts, Louis Klemantaski, who died on June 24, 2001, was the greatest motor racing photographer of all time. -
Nigel Snowdon (20)
Nigel Snowdon and wife his wife Diana Burnett have been fixtures at trackside for Grand Prix races since 1960. These two delightful Australians have taken literally thousands of photographs that have graced the pages of motor racing magazines and books for over 40 years. The Snowdon’s have taken superb color and b&w photographs which reflect the essence of Grand Prix and sports car racing during the modern era. In 1998 they published the third book of their work Formula One Through the Lens. -
Günther Molter (12)
Günther Molter was active as a photographer from the late 1940s until 1970, covering many of the important Grands Prix and championship sports car races, with an emphasis on the important German events. He was also very closely allied with Mercedes for many years, being special assistant to Alfred Neubauer and team photographer at the Carrera Panamericana in 1952 and for the Mercedes Grand Prix appearances in 1954/55. Subsequently, he became the sports editor for the well-known German motoring publication Auto Motor und Sport, wrote German Racing Cars and Drivers, and also authored biographies of Juan Manuel Fangio, Jack Brabham and Rudolf Caracciola. In 1973 he became press chief for Daimler-Benz AG, a position which he held for 13 years. -
Colin Waldeck (12)
For many years Colin Waldeck has been a cameraman for BBC television, specializing in sporting events. He began taking photographs at the motor races at which he was working and thereby created an avocation which fitted in very well. His images have won numerous awards and his famous photograph of Graham Hill at Monaco now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London. -
Robert Daley (12)
Robert Daley comes from a well-known fanily of journalists: his father was sports editor of The New York Times and he himself was the European editor for the Times for a number of years. Mr. Daley began his career as a motor racing photographer in the late 1950’s and often used his images to illustrate his articles in the Times. He has written Cars at Speed and The Cruel Sport, two well-known books about European motor racing in the 1950’s and 1960’s, as well as several novels and non-fiction books. -
Peter Coltrin (12)
The photographic work of Peter Coltrin has been known and admired by Ferrari enthusiasts for many years. Mr. Coltrin lived in Modena, Italy from 1958 until his death in 1982 where he recorded daily activities and new model introductions at Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini, as well as numerous test sessions at the Modena Aerautodromo and Monza. He also photographed many runnings of the Targa Florio, the Italian Grand Prix and the Monaco Grand Prix. -
Alan R. Smith (12)
Alan R. Smith began to visit the English motor racing circuits right after the Second World War and continued to cover motor racing into the 1960’s. He had a great eye for unusual moments and high impact images. He is the author of numerous motor racing articles and produced the excellent photographic book of his work Fifties Motor Racing – The GP Scene. -
Edward Eves (12)
Edward Eves was both a respected automotive journalist and a talented motor racing photographer. He contributed both race reports and photographs to The Autocar, as well as to the motor sports annuals Automobile Year and Autocourse during the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. He was one of the first photographers to do extensive color work. Edward Eves died in 1999.
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