Morgan Exploration: A Photographer's Journey Through an Automotive Tradition

by Neil A. Miller (Photographer), Charles Morgan (Foreword by)

Overview

The book Morgan Exploration is an artistic study of the Morgan Motor Company and the people who have made it possible to reach its 100th anniversary. The content includes: images of the Morgan Motor Company in 1969, an appreciation of the equipment and materials used to make the Morgan Motor Car, an in-depth study of the employees and the environment of the factory, a look at the following of owners and enthusiasts, studies of the Morgan sports car as a work of art, a view of the current models and future designs, and a detailed narrative of a personal Morgan experience spanning 45 years. The book is interspersed with comments from Morgan Motor Company management, workers and Morgan owners. The book, 239 pages with over 300 photographs, has been authorized by the Morgan Motor Company as the official pictorial book for the Morgan Centenary Celebrations

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780615275086
Publisher:	Miller, Neil
Publication date:	05/09/2009
Edition description:	NEIL MILLER
Pages:	239
Product dimensions:	10.80(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Neil A. Miller is a veteran TV photograher covering television news assignments and has spent most of the past 45 years also doing creative photography. Personal projects have ranged from street photography, Morgan sports cars, cityscapes, party images, landscape sequences, television news activity, celebrities, and outlaw motorcyclists to images of family and friends. Time spent participating in the Ansel Adams Workshops during the 1970's along with completing an MFA in photography at Arizona State University helped develop the passion for the work. Neil resides in Phoenix, Arizona and continues to pursue photographic art.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Charles Morgan

Section 1: Morgan Motor Company in 1969

Section 2: Art of the machines and tools used to build the Morgan sports car

Section 3: The workers and artisans at the Morgan factory

Section 4: Enthusiasts, owners and eccentrics who follow the Morgan sports car

Section 5: The marque, a study of the Morgan sports car

Section 6: The Future Beyond 2009

Section 7: A marque found, how the passion for the Morgan sports car began

Appendix with details of the photographs and interviews

What People are Saying About This

Lorne Goldman

"It is a MUST-HAVE for any mogger. It will make your heart sing. Take it one page at a time."--(Lorne Goldman, emog Book Reviewy)

Editorial Reviews

No one less than Charles Morgan himself is responsible for the forward of Neil A. Millers beautiful 239-pg celebration of the Morgan Motor Company, and his blessing has made Morgan Exploration the official pictorial book of the automaker's Centenary Celebration. Arizona native Neil is a longtime Morgan devotee, and through his haunting and humorous images, he captures what it is that makes owning and driving s Morgan sports car such a special thing. A 1969 trip to the factory and numerous subsequent visits have given him a 40-plus-year treasure of photographic material and interviews with the people who build, drive and love the hand-built cars. This book shows where the company has been and where it's headed; if you appreciate the fast-disappearing traditional world where man and machine intersect, you'll want this title.

—Mark J. McCourt

Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car