Art & Inspiration My first published "art" book!!!!

Hey guys, I'm excited about this one. This is my first published book. It's all about rusted old pick-up trucks from 1917 to the the mid 1970's. Its a photo/coffee table/art book light on the text and heavy with photos of old trucks as they have been found lying in fields, barns, sheds etc. Mixed in with the photos are the vintage ads of the trucks when they were new.

I'd like to publicly thank fellow HAMB member Flat Top Bob and his wife of Owens Salvage for putting me up at his place and driving me around the Texas pan handle searching for trucks and letting me roam his yard at dark thirty in the morning and dark O'clock at night.

If anyone is interested you can pre-order it at Amazon, it's 11 bucks cheaper to buy it there.


PS. It's not a spam post. I got permission from the boss to put this post up.

 

Cool stuff...congrats........

 

Cool!! Nice layout to!!

 

shiets!!! very cool!! congrats you kick some arse!!

 

Congrats! The HAMB is truly a warehouse of talent.

 

Nice price too- will go good with good coffee!

 

Congratulations Buick59, I really like the concept of the book and can see already that it's well executed. Best of luck with that. A little marketing effort will go a long ways to sell some great photos.

 

Thanks guys! I've been fortunate to have many, many automotive magazine covers over the years, but magazines are gone in a month and nobody remembers them anymore.

It took a year of traveling all over the western United States searching for trucks in fields, barns etc. Most of my traveling was done driving on the small by-ways and dirt roads. Lots and lots of nights spent sleeping in a mini van waiting for the sun rise or moonrise. Rain and snow, I got to experience it all. It was fun.

 

Congratulations! I think a lot of us would like to produce a book, just don't know were to start.

 

Congrats Mikey! See you in a couple weeks!

 

Very nice and congrats!

 

Very Cool

 

Congratulations, that is a beautifully crafted book, that is certainly worthy of being called "Art".

 

Way to go! You always have good shots to show, now everyone will have a chance to have them.

 

Congrats!

 

hopefully the first of many, I've appreciated your photography for a long time, and great to see it colated into a nicely laid out and timeless format.

Keep at it, appreciate the effort

Cheers,

Drewfus

 

Congrats Mike. Looks killer. Slim

 

Looks great, I will definately buy it.

 

Very cool, Congrats! The old mans birthday is coming up and he'll enjoy this for sure!

 

Way to go Mikey, see ya on the Salt.

BB

 

Congrats on a bitchin book! Lemme see if I can scrounge up some coin...

 

Good Luck with the new book, your photography is and always has been, top shelf!!

 

Congrats sweetie! Thats awesome, I'm so very happy for you.

 

Nice book Mike!

 

Congrats on getting it done and published.

 

Nice! Love the cover....but I'm partial to those war-era Chevy trucks!

 

Congrats, man! I was just talking with Travis Scanlan (travisfromkansas) about your work over the weekend and wondering about the book! Gotta get me a copy!

 

Super cool deal Mike!! Congrats!

 

Congarats...I really enjoy searching through books with some history...Keep up the great work

 

Thanks gents and lady, I'll see you guys on the salt in less than two weeks.