• The Amazing Vintage Car Photography of Zoltan Glass

    Starting in the 1930s, Zoltan Glass followed Mercedes, Auto Union and other makes to tracks like the Nurburgring and Avus circuit, capturing some of the most famous cars and racers of all time. Moderately NSFW gallery of his work below.

    Born in Budapest, Glass started work as a cartoonist and retoucher. In 1931 he moved to Berlin where he became an established photographer. Always a fan of racing, Glass became best known for his officially comissioned pictures of Mercedes racing cars.

    In 1938 Glass fled Germany for London, where he took on fashion and nude photography. [via Science and Society]

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    Send an email to Wes Siler, the author of this post, at wes@jalopnik.com.

    By Wes Siler
    Aug 5, 2009 6:00 PM 0
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    The Amazing Vintage Car Photography of Zoltan Glass

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