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Grand Prix de Monaco: Profile of a Legend Item #G586 - $39.95
	In the hierarchy of sports events, the Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco is king, being as well as an anachronism of absurd proportions. There is always a palpable feeling of danger and it is a true miracle that so few have been injured in its long history. This is where the symbiosis of truly irreconcilable elements takes place. Order is paired with chaos, tranquil idyll with frenetic activity, constancy with change. The very poorest on the Rocher below the old town and the very richest on their yachts at the Quai Antoine Ier are equal before the majesty of this event. Monaco is marked as a must in the diaries of the famous, the beautiful and the powerful - just as it is in the television programs of milions of viewers around the world. This book bends its knee to a pageant. "Only in Monte Carlo do I get close to the cars with my camera. Here it is possible to photograph Formula 1 as colorfully and dramatically as nowhere else," says Rainer W. Schlegelmilch, trained photo designer with the last 36 Monaco Grand Prix in his comprehensive motor sport picture archive. "In 1963, black and white was still common, but since 1970 color photography has established itself. Monaco is the highlight of each year where it is not unusual to use more than 100 films in three days." By Rainer W. Schlegelmilch & Hartmut Lehbrink Publisher: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH - 1998 Hardbound, 11" x 12½" / 28cm x 32cm 460 pages. 300 black & white and 500+ color pictures Texts in German, English, French
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