James Brosher Photography

Portfolio website for James Brosher, a Bloomington, Indiana based editorial and wedding photographer specializing in action, documentary, and portrait images.

Wyoming Tribune Eagle

Wax on, wax off

As my boss pointed out to someone this week: I really like car shows. I can’t deny it. On Saturday I stopped by a local MOPAR car show to look for a feature. Knowing that all the muscle cars from the 1960s and 1970s were brightly painted in oranges, yellows and purples, I figured I’d find some good eye candy at the event. I ended up photographing a gentleman who had owned the same 1970 AMC AMX since he ordered it new back in 1969. I snapped a few shots of him cleaning the car up then spent about 45 minutes talking to him about his car. Might not be the world’s best photo, but the interaction with the subject yielded an interesting backstory about his car – including a part about the Hells Angels – that made my morning.

Terry Hoyt wipes down the side of his 1970 AMX, a two-seater muscle car built by the American Motors Corporation between 1968 and 1970, during the Cowboy Classic MOPAR Show on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, in Cheyenne. Hoyt ordered the car in November 1969 and picked it up on Feb. 25, 1970. It is one of only 122 cars AMC built in 1970 with an orange and flat black paint scheme. Hoyt said that he dated his wife, Susan, in the car after he bought it.
Terry Hoyt wipes down the side of his 1970 AMX, a two-seater muscle car built by the American Motors Corporation between 1968 and 1970, during the Cowboy Classic MOPAR Show on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, in Cheyenne. Hoyt ordered the car in November 1969 and picked it up on Feb. 25, 1970. It is one of only 122 cars AMC built in 1970 with an orange and flat black paint scheme. Hoyt said that he dated his wife, Susan, in the car after he bought it.

The man who has everything

My only assignment today was to get a shot of Tom Harrower, a man who is getting ready to auction off his life collection of classic cars, saddles and thousands of other trinkets. “I don’t got a lot of money, but I got a lot of stuff” he said.

Tom Harrower talks with visitors as he stands amongst some of the items laid out for auction on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, near Cheyenne. Harrower is auctioning off his lifetime collection of items that range from saddles to collector cars. The auction starts Wednesday and runs through Saturday at 8833 U.S. Highway 30 east of Cheyenne.
Tom Harrower talks with visitors as he stands amongst some of the items laid out for auction on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, near Cheyenne. Harrower is auctioning off his lifetime collection of items that range from saddles to collector cars. The auction starts Wednesday and runs through Saturday at 8833 U.S. Highway 30 east of Cheyenne.