v e s p a m o r e: January 2015

vespamore photography (pronounced "vespa-mor-ay" combining the words vespa and amore, the Italian word for love, "vespalove" by definition) - 35mm film photography by Paul Hart, gallery - here As well as featuring my own work, this blog also features work by other photographers and anything else creative that has caught my attention or inspired me.

RETROSPECTIVE SCOOTERS book, photography by Paul Hart, available to order via link - here

RETROSPECTIVE CYCLES book, photography by Paul Hart, available to order via link - here

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31.1.15

P200E

Excellent shot taken by Miho Bakalic in Split, Croatia, see this shot also, not sure which my fave is, they're both equally outstanding ...

See more of Miho's photography on his Flickr photostream - here

Thanks to Miho Bakalic for allowing me to feature these on vespamore.

BMW 323i

Like these old 3-Series BMWs from the '80s, don't see many around these days. Nice example shot 'in the wild', late January in London. See also this nice 5-Series I shot a couple of months ago here

www.vespamore.com

30.1.15

Benz

Very nice Mercedes Benz 280 SE I shot on iPhone in London this morning, the 'Air Force' blue paint didn't appear to be original but had begun to age nicely and was developing a patina..

More of my classic car shots taken on my preferred medium of 35mm film here

www.vespamore.com

29.1.15

Vespa POV

Great POV (point of view) in this shot via The Scooterist

www.thescooterist.com

GO TO SCOOTER PARTY 2015

Cool film by TRAIN NIGHT MARKET BKK

Ignition

LOve this shot found on Pinterest here click foto to view large

smallie

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Lovely black & white shot of this smallframe vespa taken by Vespa - Sig. PX

Papped

Caught 'on the job', me photographed by Vespa - Sig. PX aka Leandro Leanza at Retrospective Scooters in December last year ..

You can see the 35mm film shots I was taking of this Gran Lusso here

Check out Leandro's Vespa album here

25.1.15

Lee Moses - Bad Girl

Listened to this suberb tune for the first time on Craig Charles' excellent Funk & Soul Show on BBC 6Music last night - if you haven't heard it, open up your ears to this fantastic track ...

Link to Craig Charles' Funk & Soul Show on 6Music - here

23.1.15

In The Light

Nicely composed film shot taken by halfrain in Kariguchidai 1 Chome, Kobe-shi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

More from halfrain - here

22.1.15

Cinquecento bianco

A couple of iPhone shots I took this afternoon in west London's fading light.

My classic car 35mm film gallery - here

www.vespamore.com

'Enjoy The Ride' fanzine

The latest 'Enjoy The Ride' fanzine produced by talented graphic designer, classic scooter & bike enthusiast, David Hardy is now on sale ...

"Enjoy The Ride, 'On The Road' Issue

Four posters by four artists. Lorenzo Eroticolor, davidmarvier-photographie,Ornamental Conifer & Bohie Palecek Signwriting.

A sixteen page newspaper/fanzine celebrating some of the most exciting artists working and making in the current motorcycle scene.

The world of wheels has a long history of attracting creatives, photographers and artists, a number of whom I’ve had the pleasure of meeting.
The idea behind this issue is to offer you the work of these creatives, inspired by the theme ‘On The Road’. Each artist has kindly produced a piece of work for you to pull out and pin up, frame or blue tack to the wall in your garage, studio or man cave."

'Enjoy The Ride' fanzine priced at £9.50 available to order online - here

Dave Hardy was the graphic designer who help produced my books - check out Dave's TeamSEquipe website here - www.teamsequipe.com and blog here - www.teamsequipe.wordpress.com

Acma Vespa Racer at Wheels & Waves

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Lovely unrestored, yet enhanced 1951 Vespa Acma Racer by Marcanto Giorgi, photographed at last year's Wheels & Waves in Biarritz, France

See Marcanto Giorgi's full album of shots of his beautiful creation - here

www.wheels-and-waves.com

SIP Open Day 2015

S.I.P. Scootershop Open Day 2015, Saturday 9th May, 10am - 4pm

FB event page - here

www.sip-scootershop.com

Vespa & Fashion

Some decent vespa fashion images all sourced here apart from the last image sourced from here

There are a lot of suspect examples of vespas photographed in fashion shoots but I like these ..

VespaOren29

Like this shot sent in by RockSkull Janggut of VespaOren29 taken in Kluang, Johor, Malaysia.

Send in your cool vespa shots and I'm happy to share them if as good as this.

Get in touch via vespamore blog, through vespamore FB page or email me - vespamore@hotmail.co.uk

21.1.15

oro puro

Polini 23K Gold Vespa EICMA Pavilion 14-standh46 #polini #vespa #oro #gold #eicma #polinievolution #polinimotorispa #metallo #metal #prezioso #precious #tesoro #treasure #fiera #milano #milan

Nice shot from Polini Motori of their gold vespa displayed at EICMA 2014

www.polini.it

vespa 4 - GULF

Nice B+W film shot taken by Tobias Abel in Graz, Austria

20.1.15

Faro Basso

Source

Lovely shot of this original paint Faro Basso example photographed by Formalisten ..

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www.formalisten.org

vespa on film

Lovely film shot taken by Brian Lin in Taipei - this is what I love about film; you just can't get those atmospheric, soft, dreamy tones and textures on digital ...