I have been a motorcycle racing fan for quite some time, partly because it is usually a little more exciting with more overtaking in one lap than a whole Formula 1 race and partly because I ride motorbike!
My favourite series is MotoGP world championship and the last few years have had some good British interest, especially in the 125 class. I like to support all the UK riders but my favourite has been Scott Redding as we both come from the same place – Gloucester. I certainly won’t forget when he won his first world 125cc race at Donnington in 2008, I got so excited in the closing stages I ended up jumping up and down whilst watching it on the telly. Not only was Scott Redding the first British rider to win a race in any of the MotoGP classes for quite some years, but at the age of 15 he was also the youngest ever rider to win in that class – younger even than Valentino Rossi was when he won his first 125 race, and he is arguably the greatest motorcycle racer ever.
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As you have probably guessed by now I am a bit of a fan, so I was thrilled when I got the chance to photograph Scott as part of his fundraising efforts for this year’s racing.
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Unfortunately the economic events of recent years mean that some racers are having to take money to their teams. To help with this, Scott is having a fundraiser in Gloucester on the 16th January (to find out more please click the link: Scott Reading Fundraiser).
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As well as auctioning signed memorabilia from other motorcycle racers, Scott will be auctioning some of these images as signed prints.
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If you want to know which prints he is using you will have to go along to the event at Branson’s Motorcycles on the 16th January!
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There is also some good news for Scott about a Moto2 ride this year. Hopefully this will be a better ride this year with more reliable machinery.
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You can see how Scott gets on this year by following him when the season starts in April. I know I will be following the MotoGP race season and cheering for Scott and the other Brits.
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Nice article. Will definitely return to read more.
[...] fan so when the opportunity to photograph world championship motorcycle racer Scott Redding for a second time came along I jumped at it. Scott moved up to the Moto2 class last year and finished the season [...]
Thanks Mark. It helped that he was an easy going person to photograph and he did have a sense of fun. As you know it is amazing the confined, ordinary looking places that you can get great photos in!
Great work as ever Louise.
1,3 and 5 give a great soulful insight, and the rest show a playful sense of what Scott’s personality probably is.
If you’ve achieved this, then you can do no more as a people photographer, I’m sure the prints will sell like hot cakes and deservedly so.