āItās a practice devoted to crashing carsā¦ hard.ā
This is how photographer @maxpigott describes banger racing, an unofficial British heritage sport where people buy cheap old cars, lovingly restore them to working order, then smash them to pieces in a race on a mud track somewhere in the countrysideābefore repairing them so they can do it all over again.
A predominantly working-class subculture, the tradition is often passed down inter-generationally and drivers start as young as ten. Pigott's latest project No Guts, No Glory captures the quiet moments behind the chaos: the thrill and sense of belonging found in rear-ending someone in a f*cked-up Vauxhall Astra. Read the full story now on VICE.com.
Hey guys, just quickly before weāre plunged into nuclear war and the world ends. My book on the uk banger racing community is now available for purchase!
132 pages. Perfect bound. 30 quid!
Link in bio! x
Chloeās last race as a ājunior bangerā posing with her Nissan Micra, a popular choice for the juniors (starting at 11 years old) who are limited to small engine sizes. Once you turn 16 you enter the unlimited category, where basically anything goes.
This portrait is part of the grad show exhibition at @lcclondon which is on for one more day.
@lcclondonphoto@lccmapjd
MA grad show at LCC this week. Come hang out! Loads of great work to see! Runs Thursday to Saturday. Drop me a message if youād like a free ticket :)
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Iāve been getting to know the UK banger racing community recently and Iām hooked. This portrait of Bobby is part of the project Iāve been working on for my MA which has been a real privilege and is currently being printed as a book š
(Still waiting to be offered a go if any of my new banger friends are readingā¦)
Some collages from some recent work for @lccmapjd where we were encouraged to ārethinkā our practice under the theme āconstructed truthā
Using pictures from my family archive I was exploring ideas around authenticity and identity, or specifically the instability of those values in a society that is increasingly mediated by algorithms, and a pressure to perform a sort of digital labour in order to contribute to our reputation and potential economic and social value. Labour that is underpinned by a capitalist framework that subtly (or often blatantly) commands us to always be measuring ourselves and sharing more and more information as a means to take that measureā¦
And now Iām posting this here to SUBVERT all that okay???
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