Phoenix Lowriders

Since moving to the Phoenix area I have been able to attend some very cool car events. Of course the Barrett- Jackson auction in Scottsdale is pretty darn awesome. I have never been a big car buff but after attending a few of these events I have discovered that I love to photograph old cars. I especially like lots of chrome.

Below are some more photos that I took at the 2008 Phoenix Lowrider Super Show. You can see the passion that the participants have in their cars. You can also see all of the time and money they have put into these cars to totally bling them out. I think Lowrider culture is so interesting and fun. I'll let the photos speak for themselves.

At the end of the day it's time to just relax with your homeys.

LowRider

After a false start on Saturday we finally made it to the Lowrider Super Show in downtown Phoenix. The Calendar in the "Things to Do" Section of the Arizona Republic had the times posted wrong for Saturday and we showed up at noon for a show that didn't start until six pm. We came back on Sunday.

I plan to post more Lowrider photos in the next few days.

Here's a little video of one of the cool cars.

Image Is Everything

It seems that the USA is not the only country who worries that their jobs are being taken away by foreign workers. In France the issue is the Polish immigrants. They have a name for their fear. It is called the "Polish Plumber". I guess the Polish Plumber is a threat to French jobs.

Someone has come up with a brilliant campaign to change the image of the Polish Plumber. They have hired a good looking model who is the image of this campaign.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/international/europe/26poland.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

I'm thinking that maybe this would be a great idea for the Immigrant workers here in the USA. Image is everything, especially in the USA. Yes it is a stereotype but the image of the immigrant day laborer or landscaper could use a re-make. Who knows if it would do any good but stranger things have happened.