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Using vintage car parts, car collector and artist Louis Carvell produces some unique photographs.
“The photographic collages are of spare vintage-automobile parts inspired by, “the dream cars of the Eisenhower era,” Carvell
said. “These pieces are art in and of itself. Initially, I photographed them [alone] against white, seamless.” Eventually, Carvell decided to expand and refine his concept and place the parts into surrealist tableaux, to give one pause to consider these objects outside their defined roles.”
Read more: Autoweek: Car collector and artist makes you look twice
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