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08-06-2009, 08:02 AM
Starting in the 1930s, Zoltan Glass (http://jalopnik.com/tag/zoltan-glass/) followed Mercedes, Auto Union (http://jalopnik.com/tag/auto-union/) and other makes to tracks like the Nurburgring and Avus circuit, capturing some of the most famous cars and racers of all time. Moderately NSFW gallery of his work below.
Born in Budapest, Glass started work as a cartoonist and retoucher. In 1931 he moved to Berlin where he became an established photographer. Always a fan of racing, Glass became best known for his officially comissioned pictures of Mercedes racing cars.
In 1938 Glass fled Germany for London, where he took on fashion and nude photography. [via Science and Society (http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk)]
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/504x_Zoltan_1.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/Zoltan_1.jpg)Mercedes-Benz W25 GP coupe racing car, 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/504x_Zoltan_2.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/Zoltan_2.jpg)Manfred von Brauchitsch with Mercedes racing car, Berlin, 1933.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/504x_Zoltan_3.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/Zoltan_3.jpg)Mercedes-Benz being transported onto a ship by crane, 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/98335.jpgNude model and Mercedes wing-door car, c 1961.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/95100.jpgMechanics working on a Mercedes-Benz racing car, Berlin, 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/95099.jpgW25 GP coupe racing car and Mercedes-Benz special roadster, 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/95102.jpgMercedez-Benz W25 on the starting grid at Nurburgring racetrack, 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_174246c5444b8fd8c38f6a291e6c2747.jpgCoup le drinking beer, c 1950s
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/209323.jpgRoger Moore, Silvercrin advert, c 1950.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_f24cbdefc3f12469d7991d64afa5f149.jpgBuga tti Type 53 racing car being driven along a race track, Germany, 1930s.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_94e9d6bbf80dd39e81da51d24926834d.jpgMerc edes-Benz sK racing car, Nurburgring, 1931.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_0e9ecbea4e7e5e706acd9464421df7e5.jpgMerc edes-Benz W25 GP display racing car, Germany, 1930s.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_ce16ba2ae4b535ce69529394848dd4ba.jpgSusp ension and wheel of Auto-Union V16 racing car, Germany, 1930s.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_5be2346341c32c16a1e28a7e7f8b959e.jpgAuto-Union V16 racing car engine, Germany, 1935-1937.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_a580cb94776042e35bb99cba1b708a0a.jpgCoup le with a Stoewer saloon car, Germany, 1930s.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/128789.jpgBattilana in an Alfa Romeo Monza racing car, Nurburgring, 1930s.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_14831901a21cd289c6c3e6fe3e350ce6.jpgNazi salutes at a motor racing track, Germany, 1930s.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/128943.jpgMercedes-Benz convertible, and swastika on Junkers tailplane, 1930s.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/134032.jpgAchille Varzi beside a Bugatti Type 51 racing car, Germany, c 1931.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/134052.jpgLouis Chiron at the wheel of his Bugatti racing car, Berlin, 1933.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/134043.jpgRacing driver smoking a cigarette, Germany, c 1935.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/134045.jpgLouis Chiron in his Bugatti, Nurburgring, Germany, 1932.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/134047.jpgGerhard Macher in his DKW racing car, AVUS race track, Berlin, 1933.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/128780.jpgA swastika-wearing driver of a motor racing car, Germany, c 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_cda7536202869ebe5741deb7a3e03c12.jpgFron t wheel of a 1911 Auto-Union racing car, c 1934-1935.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_079fc36fc9eba2b06ddeb0763e7a527c.jpgMerc edes-Benz W25 GP racing car covered with cloth, Nurburgring start area, 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/95119.jpgReporter typing in a BMW convertible, Paris, 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/98334.jpgModel reclining in Mercedes wing-door car, c 1961.
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Born in Budapest, Glass started work as a cartoonist and retoucher. In 1931 he moved to Berlin where he became an established photographer. Always a fan of racing, Glass became best known for his officially comissioned pictures of Mercedes racing cars.
In 1938 Glass fled Germany for London, where he took on fashion and nude photography. [via Science and Society (http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk)]
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/504x_Zoltan_1.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/Zoltan_1.jpg)Mercedes-Benz W25 GP coupe racing car, 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/504x_Zoltan_2.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/Zoltan_2.jpg)Manfred von Brauchitsch with Mercedes racing car, Berlin, 1933.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/504x_Zoltan_3.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/Zoltan_3.jpg)Mercedes-Benz being transported onto a ship by crane, 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/98335.jpgNude model and Mercedes wing-door car, c 1961.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/95100.jpgMechanics working on a Mercedes-Benz racing car, Berlin, 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/95099.jpgW25 GP coupe racing car and Mercedes-Benz special roadster, 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/95102.jpgMercedez-Benz W25 on the starting grid at Nurburgring racetrack, 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_174246c5444b8fd8c38f6a291e6c2747.jpgCoup le drinking beer, c 1950s
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/209323.jpgRoger Moore, Silvercrin advert, c 1950.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_f24cbdefc3f12469d7991d64afa5f149.jpgBuga tti Type 53 racing car being driven along a race track, Germany, 1930s.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_94e9d6bbf80dd39e81da51d24926834d.jpgMerc edes-Benz sK racing car, Nurburgring, 1931.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_0e9ecbea4e7e5e706acd9464421df7e5.jpgMerc edes-Benz W25 GP display racing car, Germany, 1930s.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_ce16ba2ae4b535ce69529394848dd4ba.jpgSusp ension and wheel of Auto-Union V16 racing car, Germany, 1930s.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_5be2346341c32c16a1e28a7e7f8b959e.jpgAuto-Union V16 racing car engine, Germany, 1935-1937.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_a580cb94776042e35bb99cba1b708a0a.jpgCoup le with a Stoewer saloon car, Germany, 1930s.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/128789.jpgBattilana in an Alfa Romeo Monza racing car, Nurburgring, 1930s.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_14831901a21cd289c6c3e6fe3e350ce6.jpgNazi salutes at a motor racing track, Germany, 1930s.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/128943.jpgMercedes-Benz convertible, and swastika on Junkers tailplane, 1930s.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/134032.jpgAchille Varzi beside a Bugatti Type 51 racing car, Germany, c 1931.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/134052.jpgLouis Chiron at the wheel of his Bugatti racing car, Berlin, 1933.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/134043.jpgRacing driver smoking a cigarette, Germany, c 1935.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/134045.jpgLouis Chiron in his Bugatti, Nurburgring, Germany, 1932.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/134047.jpgGerhard Macher in his DKW racing car, AVUS race track, Berlin, 1933.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/128780.jpgA swastika-wearing driver of a motor racing car, Germany, c 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_cda7536202869ebe5741deb7a3e03c12.jpgFron t wheel of a 1911 Auto-Union racing car, c 1934-1935.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2009/07/thumb160x_079fc36fc9eba2b06ddeb0763e7a527c.jpgMerc edes-Benz W25 GP racing car covered with cloth, Nurburgring start area, 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/95119.jpgReporter typing in a BMW convertible, Paris, 1934.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/07/98334.jpgModel reclining in Mercedes wing-door car, c 1961.
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