by Mike Parris
Porsche 917K at Riverside
In March of 1980 I was assigned, as a staff photographer at Argus Publishers, to meet L.A. Times owner/publisher Otis Chandler at his private warehouse to photograph a couple of cars from his collection. There were no exterior signs or indications of what lay inside the building, but it held [...]
The Designing and Icon Exhibition is being held at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston, Entrance 18, 4200 Elgin Street, Houston, Texas.
This exhibition highlights the creativity of the American automobile designers of the 1960s and 70s, a period that stressed exotic styling and high performance. The exhibition opens Thursday, September 24, 2009. There [...]
These group photos of Buick, Cadillac, and Oldsmobile studios are from my files except as noted. I can identify may of the people in the photos, but I can’t remember all of the names. If you know more names, please email me. I do have very fond memories of many of the talented people I [...]
Can Am, Trans Am and NASCAR photos from the ’80s by Mike Parris. Photos are mostly from Riverside with a few from Broken Arrow Raceway. The Riverside International Raceway (Riverside, California) property is now a shopping center. Like we needed another one.
Mike wrote and photographed all of the cars that are featured in his two [...]
The Car Chase from Bullitt
The Making of Bullitt
LeMans Movie Racing Sequences, Part 1
LeMans Movie Racing Sequences, Part 2
A random collection of GM related photos with captions, including Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell, Jack Humbert, Chuck and Mark Jordan, Zora Arkus Duntov, and a few of Design Staff’s styling cars from the ’70s.
