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An Overtake by the Lake

This image is from the 1957 Mille Miglia. It was taken from the Ferrari 335 Sport, powered by a 4.1 liter motor and driven by Peter Collins and with photographer Louis Klemantaski as his navigator. The route north from Rome passed through Viterbo on the way to the Radicofani pass. Along the way after Viterbo the route passed by the large Lago di Bolsena which can be seen to the right. A man…

For championship level sports car racing in 1957 it was now in the regulations that cars needed a top, two doors and a windshield of a certain height. Here we are in the Piazza Vittoria in Brescia, Italy on May 11, 1957 for the scrutineering of cars entered for the upcoming Mille Miglia. To the apparent amusement of officials and photographers, Peter Collins (wearing his multicolored wool cap)…

During the Mille Miglia

Although not Louis Klemantaski’s favorite photograph, this is perhaps his most famous. Color in the mid-1950s was something pretty rare, especially action color. Color photographs were almost never run in either magazines or books because of the high printing cost. Klemantaski used to say that every color photograph he took was one that would never be published. Fortunately, time and technology…

Klemantaski: Master Motorsports Photographer

Klemantaski: Master Motorsports Photographer See the golden age of racing through hundreds of famed motorsports photographer Louis Klemantaski…. List Price: £60.00 Price: [wpramaprice asin=”0760346445″] [wpramareviews asin=”0760346445″]

Klemantaski shows off the Golden age of racing through hundreds of famed motorsports photographer Louis Klemantaski's greatest images, including many that have never been previously published.