Michael Furman - Cover Photography
Michael Furman’s first experience with cars and cameras goes back more than 50 years, and in the intervening decades he has become the world’s most sought-after studio photographer of significant automobiles.
Michael’s signature portrait style has appeared in more than 25 titles, elegantly expressing the personality of each car for museum exhibitions, collectors, design studies and marque histories. CoachbuiltPress.com MichaelFurman.com michael@michaelfurman.com |
Some of Michael's Articles: About the Cover
About the Cover: Issue #2 Nov/Dec 2018 Tis the season. Our Nov/Dec 2018 cover is a depiction of just a few of the things we would like to give or get for the Holidays. Whether it is a beauteous pin-up girl tin sign reproduction for your garage walls, or a great classic automotive book. Whether a tie or a scarf for your loved one or yourself. |
About the Cover: Issue #3 Jan/Feb 2019 As a young kid, I worked for my dad who had a number of delivery trucks kept in an old garage building. This was back in the 1960s, and typical for a situation like that, there were countless old automotive artifacts, from a 1953 girlie calendar to oil cans, rags, broken jacks and plenty of lighting fixtures without working bulbs. The thought of this damp, musty space causes memories to flood back – the smell of overflowed gas streaking down the sides of the gas pump, the slick spots on the floor – now is that coolant, oil, brake fluid, transmission fluid or black cherry soda – all reminding me of the wretched Econoline Van with the 3-on-the-tree, on which I learned to drive a manual shift. |
About the Cover: Issue #4 Mar/Apr 2019 I went to Bonham’s auction at the Simeone Museum in October 2018 and bid on several different lots of automobilia. My only successful bid was on a lot of 8-10 books which held my interest. I felt very fortuitous to win this particular lot. I thought I had the Schlumpf Obsession already, but I didn’t and was most glad to get it. I also recommend you read Peter Bourassa’s column in this issue of AutoMobilia Resource for good insight into this favorite |
Pictured is a 1940 Packard Darrin with the beautiful Lalique Eagle mascot. This Darrin was the featured car at the 2018 Elegance at Hershey, it was displayed prominently on the cover of their event program. It is also a part of Ralph Morano’s renowned American car collection, and he was the honored guest during the event. |
Creating Speed! Tony Sikorski Written by Peter Bourassa My introduction to Tony Sikorski came from Publisher Sharon Spurlin along with several of the images pictured. I was immediately taken by them. They are attractive, bright, clever, and what I found most appealing, whimsical. Tony Sikorski is multi-dimensional. He is a member of AFAS and for those of you unfamiliar with the Automotive Fine Arts Society, it is, by design, a small group of, as its name implies, automotive fine artists. AFAS is recognized worldwide. Membership is by invitation only. And “whimsy”, is not a criterion of membership. Tony Sikorski is a complete artist! And a car person! And he has successfully found the means to create art that appeals to ten year olds, their fathers, and their fathers. |