US Classic Cars

US Classic Cars - Jacky MARTIN

Jacky MARTIN, born in 1949

As IT engineer, I had international responsibilities in a large IT company until the early 2000s. I started photography almost 50 years ago. I was a founding member of the association "the image in a box" in 1973, and president from 1981 to 1990. I became president of the Photographic Federation of France (FPF) in 1990 (until 2000). I joined a small communication company in 2002 and created the magazine "Phot'Art International" within this company in 2006. In 1997, I was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of FIAP where I was in turn, Director of the Biennial Service, Director of the Club World Cup, responsible for the Parisian headquarters of FIAP and finally Vice-President from 2010 to 2014. Since I stopped my activities for FIAP, I started working as a professional photographer and trainer in photography.

I started this series in 1992 during my first trip on Route 66, a road that crosses the United States from Chicago to Los Angeles. The meeting with a 60’s Cadillac perfectly restored and well exposed in front of a gas station from the fifties, gave me the desire to start in researching these vestiges of the years of glory of American car production. During my travels, professional or leisure, about forty images of these grandmothers with an irreproachable facelift, well insulated in their biotope, as we could say in wild animal photography, came to complete my collection.

The US Classic Cars photo album

US Classic Cars - Jacky MARTIN