Crash Burn Love , a series of photographs and essays on the all-American sport of Demolition Derbies, by Bill Lowenburg is now available in the UK. The 108 page book features 80 black and white photographs that capture the gritty and gasoline soaked atmosphere of the full-contact motorsport.

“I’d seen demo derbies on TV, as a kid, but never witnessed one live,” the photographer recalls, “I thought there might be interesting action in the pit area and made arrangements to photograph there. Within five minutes of arriving, I knew this would be next project, and that I wanted to produce a book.”

In the event that book would take almost a decade of work during which Bill has managed to grab some really candid and atmospheric shots of the frantic work in the pits and the frantic action on the circuit.

The photographer clearly did not come to shoot the sport as some kind of a freak show and his respect for the subject matter and the people involved shows in the finished work. “I’ve seen guys perform incredible feats of mechanical improvisation that someone with a PHD in engineering would be proud of,” he says, “plus the whole scene is just a hell of a lot of fun.”

Further information on ‘Crash Burn Love’ is priced at $29.95 in softback and $49.95 for the hardback version.  Please check with the publisher for shipping to the UK orders@backstreetbooks.com website backstreetbooks.com Mail PO Box 721 Stroudsburg, PA 18630 USA.