"No Limits" by Denis Boussard And Vincent Perrot

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When salt takes you... it's hard to get your mind away from it.

Since Denis Boussard has seen the Speedweek on the Bonneville salt lake, he returns there every year for the addiction is too strong, and I undestand that... no escaping.



The vision and the light makes the Speedweek a permanent and natural studio setting, devices are as weird as the pilots look.



Despite the hard climate, atmosphere is awesome, it seems like limits don't exist anymore.... Denis made it capturing all those ingredients in his superb book, traditionnaly shot silver film black & white or colour, with his Rolleiflex.




I highly recommend this book, which can be ordered on our Shop...

Visit Deni's Blog here


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"No Limits" by Denis Boussard And Vincent Perrot

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When salt takes you... it's hard to get your mind away from it.

Since Denis Boussard has seen the Speedweek on the Bonneville salt lake, he returns there every year for the addiction is too strong, and I undestand that... no escaping.



The vision and the light makes the Speedweek a permanent and natural studio setting, devices are as weird as the pilots look.



Despite the hard climate, atmosphere is awesome, it seems like limits don't exist anymore.... Denis made it capturing all those ingredients in his superb book, traditionnaly shot silver film black & white or colour, with his Rolleiflex.




I highly recommend this book, which can be ordered on our Shop...

Visit Deni's Blog here


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Men`s file....

Got a thick brown envelope in the mail today....

Cool photos, vintage style, stuff you did not know you wanted......but the most important thing..........vintage motorcycles.....Get your copy at Southsiders:

 http://southsiders-mc.blogspot.com/2011/02/mens-file-issue-4.html

A dirty book is rarely dusty.

Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

"Veetess" a book by Vincent Debacker

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"Veetess" IS BACK. The fourty or so pages black and white small fanzine has turned into a beautiful 200 pages book, all in colour.
Don't worry the spirit is still the same. A zigzaging trip through motorbikes mechanic workshops but also those of artists, paintors, sculptors, craftsmen, brilliant handymen and as fascinating than fascinated figures.
They all have something in common: love for the beautiful and noble mechanics. The one that exhale, that is big hearted, who shivers and vibrates, who leaks oil and swallows full jerrycans of fuel... anyway, everything that brings to a vehicule with character.









The Author:

Since he was a little boy, Vincent Debacker has been attracted by the two wheels devices, the chap learned, as time went by, to appreciate other mechanical devices such as boats, planes, cars....
Everything that swallows quantities of gas susceptible to make an ecologist green with terror, makes noise up to burst your eardrums, loosen your teeth, vibrates, moves, twists the frame, leaves rubber behind, breaks propellers, leaks as much oil as possible, knocks the pistons against the hood, terrifies the grandmas and lifts young girls' skirts up....

Whatever, a well tempered, liberated mechanics lover, in direct touch with the one who tries to subdue or at least tame it.

Passion for drawing came at the same time, so why not gather the two together. After five years of publicity school, the guy understands, once in the business, that the spirit that prevails in that corporation doesn't suit him. Publishing will wellcome him and offer the stability he's after. Fond of design, architecture, photography, music, painting, considering that nearly nothing new has been invented since the thirties that has a exclusive enough approach to the art of vehicule customising, he soon understands that he has only a few in common with current values.

Member of QGDF, he meets other draughtsmen, sculptors, paintors as passionnated as he's.

Vincent's Atlas norton

Further to his trip to Isle of Man, he creates "Veetess", a black and white fanzine gathering some of his encounters.

Thanks to this hand staining rag, he meets Alexandre, the "Veetess" adventure starts up again to take the shape you know.

Tomorrow evening Vincent will dedicace his book at the " Salon Moto Legende"


The book is available here


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"Veetess" a book by Vincent Debacker

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"Veetess" IS BACK. The fourty or so pages black and white small fanzine has turned into a beautiful 200 pages book, all in colour.
Don't worry the spirit is still the same. A zigzaging trip through motorbikes mechanic workshops but also those of artists, paintors, sculptors, craftsmen, brilliant handymen and as fascinating than fascinated figures.
They all have something in common: love for the beautiful and noble mechanics. The one that exhale, that is big hearted, who shivers and vibrates, who leaks oil and swallows full jerrycans of fuel... anyway, everything that brings to a vehicule with character.









The Author:

Since he was a little boy, Vincent Debacker has been attracted by the two wheels devices, the chap learned, as time went by, to appreciate other mechanical devices such as boats, planes, cars....
Everything that swallows quantities of gas susceptible to make an ecologist green with terror, makes noise up to burst your eardrums, loosen your teeth, vibrates, moves, twists the frame, leaves rubber behind, breaks propellers, leaks as much oil as possible, knocks the pistons against the hood, terrifies the grandmas and lifts young girls' skirts up....

Whatever, a well tempered, liberated mechanics lover, in direct touch with the one who tries to subdue or at least tame it.

Passion for drawing came at the same time, so why not gather the two together. After five years of publicity school, the guy understands, once in the business, that the spirit that prevails in that corporation doesn't suit him. Publishing will wellcome him and offer the stability he's after. Fond of design, architecture, photography, music, painting, considering that nearly nothing new has been invented since the thirties that has a exclusive enough approach to the art of vehicule customising, he soon understands that he has only a few in common with current values.

Member of QGDF, he meets other draughtsmen, sculptors, paintors as passionnated as he's.

Vincent's Atlas norton

Further to his trip to Isle of Man, he creates "Veetess", a black and white fanzine gathering some of his encounters.

Thanks to this hand staining rag, he meets Alexandre, the "Veetess" adventure starts up again to take the shape you know.

Tomorrow evening Vincent will dedicace his book at the " Salon Moto Legende"


The book is available here


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"Passion le Mans"

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I met Denis Boussard thanks to Marco Raymondin. Both of them are partners and have shared the same passion for vintage machines for several decades.
Denis is also and above all a professionnal fashion photographer in Paris, which forces him to use digital technique.

For his personnal work, he has chosen to stay traditionnal and shoots only Analogic films, with his favourite camera: 6X6 square size Rolleiflex .
This commitment impose, on one hand to permanently chose the good picture (frame and construction) cause the film holds only 12 frames, and on the other hand to get close to the subject cause the lens can't zoom. This minimalism keeps therefore intact the passion for picture and the waiting of its results.
Which is the essence of photography....

Denis is native to Le Mans and naturally has always attended to the mythic race "les 24 heures du MANS"
He took his first images in 1977, those great days of Jacky Ickx and Henry Pescarolo, and since, every year, he is back to complete this work which recently became a book named "Passion Le Mans".


In this square black and white pictures book you find side by side great moments of 1977 Le Mans, but present Le Mans and classical Le Mans as well.
It's beautiful and a good piece of writing in French and English by Christophe Wilmart. And the foreword is from Jacky Ickx himself.

Nice job Denis
Denis Website here: http://db-ontheroad.com





Jacky Ickx gave us our dreams, and we still admire his achievements. That race of 11-12 June 1977 is engraved forever in our memories. That year, that weekend, Denis Boussard immortalized the victory of Jacky Ickx, Jürgen Barth and Hurley Haywood. Meanwhile I followed the exploits of my heroes on the radio, thrilling to the commentary. We could not have known then that thirty years later we would meet at the Le Mans 24 Hour race. He had his Rolleiflex, I had my notebook and pencil. A friendship grew up. Three years later, we spent an hour talking with Jacky Ickx about that 1977 victory. Not only did he agree to write a preface for us, but he also allowed us to share our passion for the 24 Hour race with him. Merci, ‘Monsieur Le Mans’.














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"Passion le Mans"

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I met Denis Boussard thanks to Marco Raymondin. Both of them are partners and have shared the same passion for vintage machines for several decades.
Denis is also and above all a professionnal fashion photographer in Paris, which forces him to use digital technique.

For his personnal work, he has chosen to stay traditionnal and shoots only Analogic films, with his favourite camera: 6X6 square size Rolleiflex .
This commitment impose, on one hand to permanently chose the good picture (frame and construction) cause the film holds only 12 frames, and on the other hand to get close to the subject cause the lens can't zoom. This minimalism keeps therefore intact the passion for picture and the waiting of its results.
Which is the essence of photography....

Denis is native to Le Mans and naturally has always attended to the mythic race "les 24 heures du MANS"
He took his first images in 1977, those great days of Jacky Ickx and Henry Pescarolo, and since, every year, he is back to complete this work which recently became a book named "Passion Le Mans".


In this square black and white pictures book you find side by side great moments of 1977 Le Mans, but present Le Mans and classical Le Mans as well.
It's beautiful and a good piece of writing in French and English by Christophe Wilmart. And the foreword is from Jacky Ickx himself.

Nice job Denis
Denis Website here: http://db-ontheroad.com





Jacky Ickx gave us our dreams, and we still admire his achievements. That race of 11-12 June 1977 is engraved forever in our memories. That year, that weekend, Denis Boussard immortalized the victory of Jacky Ickx, Jürgen Barth and Hurley Haywood. Meanwhile I followed the exploits of my heroes on the radio, thrilling to the commentary. We could not have known then that thirty years later we would meet at the Le Mans 24 Hour race. He had his Rolleiflex, I had my notebook and pencil. A friendship grew up. Three years later, we spent an hour talking with Jacky Ickx about that 1977 victory. Not only did he agree to write a preface for us, but he also allowed us to share our passion for the 24 Hour race with him. Merci, ‘Monsieur Le Mans’.














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Or Glory- 21st Century Rockers

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Internationally renowned photographer, Horst A. Friedrichs was born in Frankfurt in 1966. He studied photography in Munich and has worked as a freelance photojournalist for a number of magazines including The New York Times, Geo and Stern. In 2008, he received the prestigious Lead Award for Best Reportage Photography of the Year. He has published a number of books including the best-selling I’m One: 21st Century Mods (Prestel). Friedrichs lives in London.





With their tattoos, leather jackets, slicked-back hair, and beloved British motorbikes - BSAs, Triumphs, Nortons, and Royal Enfields - Rockers are the nemesis and antithesis of the fastidiously groomed Mods. Elvis, James Dean, and Marlon Brando made rocker style synonymous with rebellion, sparking a global cult. Friedrichs follows the British rocker tribe as its members congregate in parking lots, pubs, cafes, dance and pool halls, as well as huge gatherings at Jacks Hill and the Ace Cafe. Alternating between rich, vibrant colour and gritty black and white, these photographs capture a spirit of unapologetic defiance in clothing as well as attitude, every bit as strong today as it was sixty years ago. Trenchant and revealing commentary from Friedrichs' subjects sheds light on the impulses, yearnings, and motivations of this enduring international rebel chic subculture.

The book will launched in September at the Brighton Burn Up (Ace Café Reunion weekend)
Friday September 10th is the inaugural party and exhibition at Lewis Leathers.
Pre-order your book here


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