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Motorcycle Porn: Portraits and Stories is a book of prime motorcycle images taken by Frank J. Bott who works in Tooele, Utah. Frank is an aficionado of both photography and motorcycles. His photographs of the machines are extraordinary. The images were taken using a large cyclarama with lighting from a gigantic softbox allowing the light to wrap around these spectacular machines. This amazing collection of images - an extensive project of Franks J. Bott to document these unique bikes - contains a considerable assortment of motorcycles from the skillfully customized and hand built to the painstakingly restored to the historically significant vintage to the best-of-the-best. Each has a set of photographic portraits, including fine details, that tells its unique story. These stories are include the motorcycle's history, customizing or restoring, engineering, beauty, or rider experiences. Motorcycles represented are Ducati, Yamaha, Triumph, Harley, and Honda to name a few. This is a book for riders, owners, dreamers, mechanics, collectors, and all enthusiasts of motorcycles (Frank J. Bott) AUTHOR: Frank J. Bott is an exceptional photographer of rare and unique motorcycles. Bott went to school for computers and has worked in the mainframe computer industry living on the west and east coast. He now works in Tooele, Utah where his studio is located. His perfectionist approach is evident in his skillfully photographed images. He has collaboratively and painstakingly designed, developed, and redesigned his lighting and studio interior to create exactly what is needed to record and document each bike. Frank J. Bott has worked on an extensive project to photograph and document unique motorcycles and their amazing story, the first of which is published in his book Motorcycle Porn: Portraits and Stories.

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Frank Bott has managed to capture something difficult: the essence of the 'rolling sculpture, ' allowing us a glimpse into the mind and vision of the builder. --Chris Sloan (motorcycle owner and past chairman of the board of Tooele County Chamber of Commerce) It is a joy to watch Frank work. His love for his art is apparent in every move he makes while photographing these bikes. --Jeremy Harmon (Director of Photography, The Salt Lake Tribune) An important document of a culture that thrives on two wheels and the open road. --Joe Gosen (Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism, Western Washington University)

"""An important document of a culture that thrives on two wheels and the open road."" --Joe Gosen (Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism, Western Washington University) ""Frank Bott has managed to capture something difficult: the essence of the 'rolling sculpture, ' allowing us a glimpse into the mind and vision of the builder."" --Chris Sloan (motorcycle owner and past chairman of the board of Tooele County Chamber of Commerce) ""It is a joy to watch Frank work. His love for his art is apparent in every move he makes while photographing these bikes."" --Jeremy Harmon (Director of Photography, The Salt Lake Tribune)"

An important document of a culture that thrives on two wheels and the open road. --Joe Gosen (Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism, Western Washington University) Frank Bott has managed to capture something difficult: the essence of the 'rolling sculpture, ' allowing us a glimpse into the mind and vision of the builder. --Chris Sloan (motorcycle owner and past chairman of the board of Tooele County Chamber of Commerce) It is a joy to watch Frank work. His love for his art is apparent in every move he makes while photographing these bikes. --Jeremy Harmon (Director of Photography, The Salt Lake Tribune)

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Frank J. Bott is an exceptional photographer of rare and unique motorcycles. Bott went to school for computers and has worked in the mainframe computer industry living on the west and east coast. He now works in Tooele, Utah where his studio is located. His perfectionist approach is evident in his skillfully photographed images. He has collaboratively and painstakingly designed, developed, and redesigned his lighting and studio interior to create exactly what is needed to record and document each bike. Frank J. Bott has worked on an extensive project to photograph and document unique motorcycles and their amazing story, the first of which is published in his book Motorcycle Porn: Portraits and Stories.

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