Artist Andrew Millar combines his passion for photography and love of classic automobiles to create visually dramatic works of art. Visit his website to learn more.
I started using a camera as a teenager and bought my first SLR as a young adult. If you look at my family photos you will see very few of me, since I was always the designated photographer.
About five years ago, my son got his first car, a 1969 Mustang Fastback. This drew me back into my old love affair with the automobile, especially the classic muscle cars.
I purchased a new Nikon DSLR and began shooting photos of old cars at local car shows.
Before I knew it, I was sitting at the computer surfing the internet for training in Adobe Photoshop. I spent endless days and nights learning to use the software to enhance my photography.
I broadened the focus of my work to include the old gas stations, diners and roadside of days gone by.
Since its almost impossible to get the car to a vintage setting, Photoshop gives me the ability to photograph the automobile and the background separately, then combine the photos into one portrait. The software also allows me to create backgrounds from scratch, keeping the focus on just the automobile.
Automobiles are works of fine art, especially the old ones, with their long sweeping lines, beautiful chrome, bold emblems and colorful badges. The men and women that designed and built them were true artists and craftsmen.
Today, some of the classics are being restored to factory specifications, while others are being restored as hot rods, rat rods or restomods.
We now live in a world in which things are bought, used and too easily discarded.
My passion and goals are to capture the nostalgia of the classic automobiles in my art in hopes of preserving a snapshot of their beauty and history for future generations, hopefully inspiring others to keep automotive history and passion alive and well for all to experience.
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Dear Carolyn and Andrew, congratulacions on the fine look of these car photographs. The landscapes are astounding and breathtaking; the lighting immaculate!
The salt flat of uyuni of Bolivia that you depict here along with Annapurna-Himalaya are my favorite places to travel on Earth.
Carolyn and Andrew, I get chills as I type these words on my pad.
I have been photographing for 30 years now, and published in travel magazines from 2001 to 2004. I also produced A few successful art shows with solid revenue.
I commend you in the synergy you have comes here and I am well aware of the hours, days, months, and Years that hard Work takes to produce on good image, catalog, colección, blog, art show,, BRAVISSIMO,,
I am eager to start selling y art work online. How do i go about it Carolyn? May I have your email to show you some of my unpublished work of the Himalayas in Nepal?
Peace, congrats, keep it up regardless of the frustration. My only constructive criticism is that the saturation of color and ink of the photos is a bit too much for my taste.
Peace and win/win to all.
Richi from Queretaro Mexico
It must be a master who can draw such a picture.