New Rainer Schlegelmilch Is An F1 Photographer, He's Been Committed To It For 55 Years (Thanks Steve!)

Rainer W. Schlegelmilch in all likelihood the most famous Formula 1 photographer, maiden of all amongst his maiden of all race inward 1962, shooting at Nürburgring, as well as his maiden of all Formula 1 race was the Grand Prix of Kingdom of Belgium 1962 at Spa-Francorchamps, the 1st of most 600 GP races he photograhed

Schlegelmilch's archive of most 600,000 photos was of late bought yesteryear LAT, adding to their fifteen meg F1 photograph archive of negatives, colouring slides as well as digital photos from 1962 to 2016.

In Monza inward 2011, Bernie Ecclestone honored Schlegelmilch amongst a lifetime permanent lensman accreditation - the maiden of all as well as solely one.

Here is why:

In early on 1990s F-1 started to change, as well as that was a considerable, visible change. Federation Internationale de L’Automobile (FIA) undertook an “inventory” of all the media that wrote most racing. Grand prix events henceforth could solely live on photographed yesteryear journalists amongst a FIA accreditation, they had to live on staff photographers of a limited issue of newspapers as well as magazines amongst no less than 270 published stories a year. As for me, I never worked for whatever media: I was making books, calendars. So they kicked me out.

Bernie Ecclestone, the irreplaceable F-1 managing director as well as FOM president, on hearing that I had lost my accreditation, offered me to larn his ain lensman amongst a permanent FOM pass. Because I was ever inward sight as well as around as well as was taking my locomote really seriously. In that condition I convey been shooting F-1 for over xx years.

Portraits are an of import business office of F-1 photography. But pilots demonstrate are also young, as well as really few tin boast of an interesting face, of a personality. In expert quondam days racers were aged xxx to 50, as well as those were characters amongst life experience. They were charismatic, as well as their faces were really expressive.

Schlegelmilch has also published to a greater extent than than forty books featuring his images starting amongst "Grand Prix - The Fascination of Formula 1 (1969-1993)" which sold to a greater extent than than 130,000 copies.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/formula-one-epic-photos-gallery-940142/amp/
http://www.schlegelmilch.com/
https://www.autosport.com/netw/news/131170/motorsport-network-acquires-schlegelmilch-archive
https://birdinflight.com/inspiration/experience/rainer-w-schlegelmilch-generally-fond-racing-shooting-unrivalled-pleasure.html

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